bereft

Preposition: of

• idea: Yet despite their recent successes, the Left seem bereft of new ideas to promote union growth.
• anything: This rather unsympathetic course has left vast chunks of the country bereft of anything man-made that exceeds 3 score years.
• sense: On the other hand, England is also bereft of the sense of the sky.
• life: Pour down your tears, you watery regions, For mighty Locrine is bereft of life!
• hope: How often those words have been cried out from a soul bereft of hope.
• purpose: The brooding silence of a turned-off fountain, bereft of purpose, scraps of paper in its dusty basin.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• leave: The demolition of a rundown sports ground left local youth bereft of a place to hang out.

Modifying Another Word

• utterly: For some time the poor prince stood utterly bereft of speech.
• totally: Once the Conservative Party was totally bereft of ideology, they could be summarized by calling them the Popular Party.
• entirely: The whole thing is almost entirely bereft of any dramatic tension, whatsoever.
• completely: The Scholes ' blow is particularly damaging with United looking completely bereft of ideas in the month of his absence.
• so: The passing game which was so bereft thus far was starting to ask questions every time Tigers went forward.
• now: Humanity is now bereft, on its own, without a living symbol of the closest family of the Greatest Name.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: To my English gardening hands they feel bereft of any moisture or goodness.
• seem: Yet despite their recent successes, the Left seem bereft of new ideas to promote union growth.
• leave: Then when I was still a child, Annie died and Elsie was left bereft; they had been together for 63 years.
• look: The Scholes ' blow is particularly damaging with United looking completely bereft of ideas in the month of his absence.
• remain: Streets remained bereft of the jubilant crowds thronging Serbia.
• stand: For some time the poor prince stood utterly bereft of speech.

Modifies a noun

• parent: He failed in his efforts and his attention is entirely focused on the dignified but bereft parents.