bereft

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Among the streets bereft, and helpless shrines.

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  1. verb A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
  2. adjective Deprived of something: They are bereft of their dignity.
  3. adjective Lacking something needed or expected: "Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations” (Bruce Weber).
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  • And this morning she was feeling bereft, a great emptiness somewhere deep inside her. —  Mary Balogh - Unlikely Duchess
  • She was left suddenly empty and bereft, the legs taken right out from beneath her. —  The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardener
  • “Leave for where?” Elizabeth plucked at her handkerchief, her expression bereft. —  A WHISPER OF ROSES - TERESA MEDEIROS
  • Richard's expression was almost comically bereft, and Douglas realised he was close to tears. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#2
  • His cold and imperious tone made her feel bereft, and she did not hide her desolation in her reply, saying that his letter had occasioned her 'more suffering than any illness, even unto death'. —  TheChildrenof
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bereft:   bereave
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