How to Use the bereaved in a Sentence

the bereaved

noun

• Prince William is adding his voice to support the bereaved.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families.
  — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 2 June 2023
• Each death is a daub of paint on a vast canvas, but for the bereaved, each opens up a gaping chasm of grief.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• That’s why this is one of her go-to expressions when talking to the bereaved.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 July 2024
• Beware: Moore’s new novel shows the bereaved settling in the grave for a much longer embrace.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Dear Miss Manners: Are funerals for the deceased or for the bereaved?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• Grief experts welcome this type of public healing, for both the bereaved and those watching who may learn something in the process.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
• But for the bereaved families, time remains frozen on the day their relatives died.
  — Choe Sang-Hun Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Her relationship to Marion provides a space in which the bereaved writer can work through the knots of her grief and the challenges of her work.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• The Dinner Party gives the bereaved time and space to talk specifically about their grief to others who can relate.
  — Jennifer Wolff, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• The belief that the dead live on in our memories is often the only comfort anyone can think to offer the bereaved, or those in the process of losing a loved one.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• As the story notes, Biden did call Mayor Adams and asked him to pass his condolences to the bereaved before Trump’s publicity stunt.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
• Parts of the community will want to move on, and particularly people like the bereaved will not.
  — Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
• The central role of the bereaved father called for greater vocal and dramatic range than Israeli singer Yoni Rechter, who was not on the original recording, gave it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• No matter what the source of support, though, a positive outlook is necessary for the bereaved to reap benefits.
  — Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times, al, 23 Mar. 2023
• The Seoul city government has been consistently making sincere efforts to help and stand by the bereaved families throughout the year.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Nov. 2023
• As the bereaved families of those who died in Boeing aeroplane crashes gathered around a screen, there was a palpable sense of anticipation in the room.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• Blinded by grief, exhausted and overwhelmed, the bereaved must also plan and pay for cremation or funeral costs.
  — Caitlin Kelly, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
• The funeral will be held after consulting with the bereaved family.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• The funeral will be held after consulting with the bereaved’s family.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
• Both those who have lost a loved one and professionals serving the bereaved can get help finding government resources as well as crisis-relief services and more.
  — Jennifer Wolff, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
• In this letter, the bereaved can express their gratitude for the time spent together, acknowledging the love, support and memories shared.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Texting the bereaved seems callous, and responding is probably not on their list of priorities.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• The movie then eases into the rituals of mourning: mounting a funeral, cooking for the bereaved, grieving performatively, so much of it conducted in a state of shock.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his thoughts were with the bereaved families.
  — Ashok Sharma, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Locals set up a campaign fund for the bereaved families, while one funeral home volunteered to cover all the funeral expenses, D’Amico said.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• There are issues of exploitation—both of the bereaved owners whose desire to somehow cheat death is being monetized and, more viscerally, of the unseen animals whose bodies are used in making a clone.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 June 2024
• Netanyahu, who cannot bear to express repentance or regret for his government’s failure, or even to show compassion for the bereaved—something that, many Israelis noted, Biden was able to do—is unlikely to step down or step back.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Whenever there’s a death among people from our ancestral region of Jerez, Zacatecas, an army of women — aunts, cousins, mothers, wives, sisters — feed the bereaved with traditional meals for days, if not a lifetime.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• The disorder may happen when someone close to the bereaved person died at least 12 months earlier, or at least six months earlier for children and adolescents, according to the definition of the disorder.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024