He set off without looking back at her, and she felt bereft.

His wife had died two months earlier, and he was bereft.

He found himself in a world bereft of light and sound.

She felt bereft, as if something had been taken from her.

Bereft of any outside light, my eyes were no better than anyone else's now, but I knew the way.

As she moved out of his arms, he felt bereft.

It's not good to be alone when you feel bereft.

Despite all the good things in his life, he felt suddenly bereft.

When she died he was, for a time, like one bereft of reason.

And at some point not long after that, he was bereft.

But if you took my cat away, I would be bereft.

Was I bereft of my powers, as had happened once before?

And yet, now that he was gone, she felt bereft.

And though he would be but a few yards away from her at night, she already felt bereft.

The second he no longer touched her, she felt bereft.

The shock seemed to have bereft him of the power to understand what had happened.

But it had left me bereft, well and truly alone.

Much to their amusement, I was the only one bereft.

But the Communists have never been so bereft of power as they are now.

He felt bereft, deserted, as if half his support had been taken away.

But they will not be wholly bereft of talking points.

This of our eyes and the pure air bereft us.

Bereft of all reason, I cut and ran for dear life.

But I could only sit staring at her, bereft of words.

We now know he and his party is totally bereft of ideas.