(v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
(v. t.) To take away from.
(v. t.) To take away.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
(2) This paper describes the results of a survey on the form and function of hospice bereavement services completed by NHO Provider Member hospices.
(3) Establishing a bereavement program and outlining responsibilities for staff involvement are also addressed.
(4) Subjects antibody and complement functions were inhibited after bereavement.
(5) A bereavement during pregnancy is difficult to mourn: a pregnant woman is so increasingly preoccupied with the new life that mourning is interrupted and often impossible to resume later.
(6) This article reviews recent literature on bereavement concerning the typical features of both normal and pathological grief.
(7) Because both bereavement and depression have been associated with impaired immune responses, the authors studied two indicators of immune function, natural killer (NK) cell activity and measures of T cell subpopulations, in 37 women who differed in the magnitude of recent life events.
(8) The purpose of this study was to ascertain depressive symptoms in recently bereaved prepubertal children and compare these symptoms with those of depressed prepubertal children.
(9) No stranger to bereavement – on the last count I had lost 12 close friends and family members by the age of 35 – I’d endured so much loss that I had become blasé about death.
(10) Two bereaved groups of families (one of which received preventive intervention service) and one non-bereaved group were compared in an outcome design and were assessed for indices of illness, psycho-social disturbance, and general quality of life.
(11) In bereaved and severely depressed cancer patients, there is a tendency of an earlier onset of decreased natural killer cell activity and a reduced binding affinity of beta-endorphin to peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(12) Bereavement was mentioned in 28.2% of referrals from medical practitioners yet 43.1% of the patients had been bereaved and used bereavement counselling.
(13) All participants completed a sibling bereavement inventory consisting of 109 scaled items that measured self-concept perceptions and grief reactions.
(14) For a lot of people, leaving politics is a bereavement.” But for the time being, her politics will find expression in her standup, which is quite different from the early days.
(15) The focus of the inquiry was to determine whether attitudes towards death, dying and loss could be influenced by confrontation with factual information on bereavement.
(16) The physiological effects of stress, and the possible relationship to patients and their carers, leads the author to highlight the need for further research, and possible benefit of proactive intervention for the bereaved.
(17) These proportions were unaltered by the issue of a unit medical circular to hospital staff informing them of the problem and requesting more prompt notification.The ability of general practitioners to help bereaved relatives is compromised by the present inadequacies in communication between hospitals and general practice.
(18) The highest relative mortality risk was found immediately after bereavement.
(19) Results indicated that elderly persons with significant clinical depression at the time of a spouse's death were at significant risk for psychological complications during the bereavement process, and survivors of spouses who had committed suicide were even more at risk within the greatest depression group.
(20) 150 bereaved parents, all members of the organisation, of whom 120 (80%) participated voluntarily in the study.
Bereft
Definition:
() of Bereave
() imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
Example Sentences:
(1) Forced removals and dumping of millions of people into small, disconnected, barren, poor reserve areas, bereft of adequate medical, psychiatric and public health services (the 'final solution' of the 'native problem') causes widespread malnutrition, infectious and other diseases, and high mortality and mental-illness rates.
(2) But buyers rarely occupy the properties, leaving parts of prime central London empty of residents and any remaining local shops bereft of customers popping out to buy a paper or pint of milk.
(3) Best of the bunch is 2006’s Tempbot , which beautifully satirises the spirit-crushing ennui of office environments by imagining a robot struggling to connect with homo sapiens co-workers who often seem as bereft of humanity as he is.
(4) Alexander also believes that a cash-strapped populist campaign, bereft of helicopters and glitz, matches the austere times.
(5) Hillsides are bereft of trees, leaving communities such as hers increasingly vulnerable to floods and landslides.
(6) The mass sell-off of council housing – never replaced – left many working class communities bereft of affordable homes for their children.
(7) Then there was the shot curled sumptuously on to the angle of post and bar as half-time approached that left Mourinho slumped over the wall in his dug-out, aghast that one of his players could be so bereft of fortune.
(8) "They knew I was not into sharing, but after she left, I was pretty obviously bereft.
(9) Newcastle may have spent more than £80m in the last two transfer windows but they have lost their last six away matches in the Premier League: rudderless and bereft of confidence, Monday can surely only go one way.
(10) Critics say shuanggui detainees, bereft of legal protection, are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses.
(11) It’s so artistically bereft that only a belief in a higher power could explain its existence.
(12) No sooner had punk exploded into the mainstream, it seemed suddenly tired and bereft of new ideas; the result being lots of bands playing the same three chords, dressed in the same studded jackets and shouting "oi" a lot.
(13) Updated at 5.36am BST 5.08am BST Guardian commentator Gary Younge says Obama looked tired and defensive , bereft of his usual charisma, and declares Romney the winner: Poorly moderated and often wonkish, the debate frequently got swamped in the kind of detail that few could follow and with charges and counter-charges that few could immediately verify.
(14) Alone and bereft, he found himself with the razor blade.
(15) If we don't make it known that most happiness studies say that mothers are no happier than childless women – sometimes quite the reverse – then women without children will always unnecessarily feel bereft.
(16) Bereft of company, he decides to awaken a female fellow passenger, leading to an unexpected romance.
(17) "No one could fail to be deeply moved by the terrible predicament faced by these men struck down in their prime and facing a future bereft of hope," he said.
(18) They are, and it’s worth having a sober discussion about what to do about these militants, bereft of whitewashing the existence of George W Bush or watching someone like John McCain score sad points by crowing that he was right about this one of 75 immediate existential threats he’s seen looming from every shadow for five years.
(19) His concession speech was graceful enough, but it soon became clear that he was shell-shocked, bereft.
(20) In defence Ron Vlaar was left wanting when up against Zamora while Austin’s movement was too much for a team bereft of confidence.