(1) I love having my dogs around, but now I'm totally bereft .

(2) To his bereft family and friends in the racing fraternity we offer our condolences for their great loss and our appreciation for the memories of this brave young man.

(3) It was like a wave of emotion as people told each other - people were absolutely bereft .

(4) Though financially richer she is emotionally bereft and may never open herself up again.

(5) You know, we have orphans and widows, and bereft people who are going to need our help for a long time to come.

(6) But his wife's death left him bewildered and bereft .

(7) She used the death of her mother to avoid the boys her own age, telling all would-be suitors that she had to take care of her poor bereft father.

(8) I hope this will be an opportunity to cross international boundaries and express practical help and love for those who are bereft and homeless.

(9) Repelled by crowded Europe, he opts for Southland, but is lonely and bereft .

(10) They are bereft , insecure and despairing immigrants left in the street to beg.

(11) The bereft father believes his son's killing was the result not just of an evil individual's action but of a growing problem with violence in schools.

(12) Sarah is bereft and in her misery turns to Jannik, who to everyone's surprise grows up suddenly and takes responsibility for his brother's family.

(13) A bereft woman stands near the rubble of her home, destroyed by bombs.

(14) But I was bereft , left, and wearing sorrow in the hottest sun Ireland had ever seen.

(15) Now they've gone back to Ireland and his wife is bereft .

(16) As I worked, I thought often of my own parents and how bereft and sad I felt in the days after their deaths.

(17) Of all the bereft women presented in this section, the servant-girl struck me as the most crushed.

(18) We had our health physically, but we were bereft emotionally.

(19) Each of the main characters is left bereft and haunted - literally - by the Civil War.

(20) Widows, bereft parents, and odd widower - you could always count on seeing a few of them sitting by a grave.