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Definition
a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved- the poor bereaved widow
- ...we are an honorable and bereaved family reduced to beggary.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime And Punishment
- Then with a mutual impulse the two bereaved women flung themselves into each other's arms and had a good, consoling cry, and then parted.Mark Twain -- Tom Sawyer
- Harry kept smiling and waving, even though it was like a little bereavement, watching his son glide away from him....J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- A bereaved expression crossed his face, as if he were someone attending the funeral of a close friend.Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
- In the corner of a sitting room in her house, Shizuka would keep a small shrine to Mutsuhiro, a tradition among bereaved Japanese families.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
- 'I must regret that I intrude in the midst of your bereavement,' said Hercule Poirot.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- [Tom's eyes were starting from their sockets—yes, it was a cruel day for the bereaved youth, everybody thought.Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- 'I was aware that you sustained a bereavement, sir, some time ago,' said Mr. Chillip.Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield
- Two days later, halfway through the service, it seemed as though Ruth was going to be the lone member of the bereaved family there.Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
- JULY 27, 1943 Michael Holtzapfel was buried and the book thief read to the bereaved.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- You will see my father! my poor, my bereaved father!James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
- Yet he was pursuing his ordinary avocations, smiling mechanically to fellow-tradesmen, and arguing with bargainers—as bereaved men do after a while.Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
- And me a bereaved widow, practically.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- Then something like a bereaved affection and self-pity swept over him.Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
- If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.The Bible -- Genesis
- It is bereavement that has brought you to this!Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- Couldn't take a bereavement day off work.Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
- But for Ira, John, and Rene, the personages who mattered were the three bereaved "Gold Star" mothers.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers