bereavement
noun
be·reave·ment
bi-ˈrēv-mənt 
bē-
Examples of bereavement in a Sentence
The following May, my wife and I flew to London for my father's funeral. Pam, determined to wrangle us an upgrade to business class on the strength of my bereavement, gave the British Airways ticketing clerk two passports and a sob story.
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John Haney, Gourmet, January 2003
In the sections of her book that should prove an enduring contribution to the literature of grief, Ms. Gilbert recounts her free fall into widowhood, starting with that modern rite of bereavement, the erasing of the answering-machine message.
—James S. Kunen, New York Times Book Review, 19 Mar. 1995
In any case, sadness and loss of interest and drive during periods of bereavement are expected and normal. If Mozart had not been upset by his parents' deaths, his wife's illnesses, and his separations from her, he would be less than human.
—William A. Frosch, Musical Quarterly, 1990
a period of grief after bereavement
people who have recently suffered bereavements
John Haney, Gourmet, January 2003
In the sections of her book that should prove an enduring contribution to the literature of grief, Ms. Gilbert recounts her free fall into widowhood, starting with that modern rite of bereavement, the erasing of the answering-machine message.
—James S. Kunen, New York Times Book Review, 19 Mar. 1995
In any case, sadness and loss of interest and drive during periods of bereavement are expected and normal. If Mozart had not been upset by his parents' deaths, his wife's illnesses, and his separations from her, he would be less than human.
—William A. Frosch, Musical Quarterly, 1990
a period of grief after bereavement
people who have recently suffered bereavements
Recent Examples on the Web
The coveted category of benefits includes paid parental leave, adoption assistance, family leave and bereavement leave.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 25 July 2024
Others added their voices against the star and and the show's producers in the following months via two BuzzFeed News stories in which people said that they were told inappropriate things and fired after taking sick time or bereavement, among other complaints.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 July 2024
The ethical task, then, in grief today is to overcome this idea, and to make room for people to be open about their bereavement.
—Cody Delistraty, TIME, 1 July 2024
One of the biggest shocks for me was bereavement leave, where the median is only five days according to a 2024 study, and this only applies to a close family death.
—Elizabeth Endicott, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 25 July 2024
Others added their voices against the star and and the show's producers in the following months via two BuzzFeed News stories in which people said that they were told inappropriate things and fired after taking sick time or bereavement, among other complaints.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 July 2024
The ethical task, then, in grief today is to overcome this idea, and to make room for people to be open about their bereavement.
—Cody Delistraty, TIME, 1 July 2024
One of the biggest shocks for me was bereavement leave, where the median is only five days according to a 2024 study, and this only applies to a close family death.
—Elizabeth Endicott, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bereavement. Accessed 1 Aug. 2024.
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bereavement
noun
be·reave·ment
bi-ˈrēv-mənt
: the state or fact of being bereaved
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