All 3 Uses of
bereft
in
The Return of the King
- I will not bow to such a one, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship and dignity.†
Chpt 5.7 *bereft = not having something, or greatly saddened by the loss of something
- But Imrahil said: 'So victory is shorn of gladness, and it is bitter bought, if both Gondor and Rohan are in one day bereft of their lords.†
Chpt 5.8
- From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, bereft of will, wavered and despaired.†
Chpt 6.3