bereave - use in sentences

Object

  • relative: Offering support to bereaved relatives may also be involved.
  • parent: Down's Heart Group has bereaved parents who will be happy to talk with you.
  • family: Our Loving Tribute helping bereaved families to grieve Does your church conduct many funerals?
  • widow: The end result is three destitute, doubly bereaved, widows.
  • sibling: There is now an established network for bereaved siblings.
  • mother: Vicki Stone, the bereaved mother of a teenage road crash victim.

Subject

  • suicide: Beyond the Rough Rock: Offering a specialist group for families bereaved by suicide.
  • death: This day is exclusively devoted to those bereaved by a young sudden cardiac death.
  • crash: RoadPeace provides vital help and support to those who have been injured or bereaved by a road crash.

Preposition: as

  • result: The practice of mourning, both public and private, provided essential consolation for those bereaved as a result of the Great War.

Preposition: through

  • suicide: When sudden death occurs Cruse has recently extended its remit to support those bereaved through suicide.

Modifying Another Word

  • recently: For example, at any given time, many viewers will be recently bereaved.
  • newly: We can also offer help and support through: Link Meetings - a monthly support group for the newly bereaved.

Used with why or when

  • who: Jo's Letter: Looking for those bereaved who stand for justice not revenge.
  • when: The characters were so vivid, so unforgettable, so touchingly human, that I felt quite bereaved when I came to the end.

Present participle complement

  • follow: The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland expresses deepest sympathy to those who have been bereaved following the terrorist attack in Omagh.

Preposition: in

  • crash: Please pray that: Those who were bereaved in the plane crash of 29 September will be comforted.

Preposition: by

  • suicide: Beyond the Rough Rock: Offering a specialist group for families bereaved by suicide.
  • death: This day is exclusively devoted to those bereaved by a young sudden cardiac death.
  • crash: RoadPeace provides vital help and support to those who have been injured or bereaved by a road crash.

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