How to use "bereft" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "bereft" in popular movie and book plots

  • Ganelon, however, is left distraught and bereft of purpose.  - Giant of World's End
  • The mother is now bereft and insanely roaming the streets looking for Bhanu.  - Maa (1952 film)
  • After his Stag Night, Neil Price (Clunes) wakes up on a remote Scottish island, bereft of any clothes.  - Staggered (film)
  • Cris is bereft over Gash's betrayal.  - The Crossovers
  • Maya, who was running toward Sam, is also killed by stray gunfire and Omar, bereft of speech, breaks down.  - New York (film)
  • Ford lives with Croft in a large Pennsylvania city, in a dilapidated apartment bereft of literature.  - The Inverted Forest
  • Observing the fire in the street, a bereft Angel hears a familiar voice—it is Duke, greeting her.  - Redeeming Love
  • Though outwardly sophisticated, she has felt bereft and lonely since the death of her mother.  - The Magic of Ordinary Days
  • Hogg-Enderby, bereft of his stock of capital and now divorced, is forced to earn his keep and finds that the poetic muse has left him.  - Enderby Outside
  • Hillary was also not bereft of suitors after her nasty break up with Roger Thorpe.  - Guiding Light (1970–79)
  • His loveless marriage to Empress Chin Feng and dislike of the Empress further leaves him all the more bereft of any power lever.  - The Empress Dowager
  • In the midst of divorce, bereft of the only people in her life she cares for, Celia considers taking her life.  - Unfinished Portrait (novel)
  • Rejected by a mortal woman and bereft of his powers, Apollo fades away.  - Who Mourns for Adonais?
  • Wilson reminds her that Winifred is now bereft and will be haunted by Bartley's death.  - Alexander's Bridge
  • Peer lands on shore bereft of all of his possessions, a pitiful and grumpy old man.  - Peer Gynt
  • Scottie, bereft again, stands on the ledge, while the figure, a nun investigating the noise, rings the mission bell.  - Vertigo (film)

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