bereft

IPA: bɝˈɛft

Examples of "bereft" in Sentences

She sits alone, lost in thought, her expression bereft, a tissue in her hand.
I wish that slogan never became so overused for it is merely become a catch phrase bereft of meaning. msspurlock said ...
Proceedings are based largely on scientific and medical evidence in a field that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has described as "bereft of complete and direct proof of how vaccines affect the human body."
Among the military regime's most strident critics, both New Zealand and Australia's chief diplomats were expelled from the capital Suva last November, which Smith said left both nations "bereft" of the ability to initiate or have meaningful talks.
Alas, filmmaker Chris Columbus does not appear to tweet (I checked), so we must for now remain bereft of his feelings concerning Leonard, Sheldon, Wolowitz, and Raj’s tradition of celebrating “Columbus” Day by watching the Columbus-penned generational touchstonesGoonies, Gremlins, andYoung Sherlock Holmes — probably the nicest Columbus Day joke evermade about theHome Alone director, in fact.
In his recent writings, Millennium People [10] and Kingdom Come, [11] Ballard depicts a Britain bereft of social values other than those of daytime TV and the shopping centre, and while his central characters can lack credibility his general description of the cultural landscape is far more accurate than almost anything that has been published in the pages of any recent architectural publication.