Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widowed
Adjective
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There have been tasteless jokes and revelations, and lengthy impositions on the patience of even the most bereaved.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025 -
Some neighborhoods are blessed; others remain bereaved.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In 1971, Rubens Paiva, a forty-one-year-old civil engineer and politician, was abducted from his home in Rio de Janeiro and tortured to death, leaving his family bereft.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Her closest friend and mentor, Walter (Bill Murray), has taken his own life, and the suddenness of his death has left her bereft.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Widowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widowed. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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