How to Use the bereaved in a Sentence

the bereaved

noun
  • In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families.
    — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • That’s why this is one of her go-to expressions when talking to the bereaved.
    — Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 July 2024
  • My thoughts go to the bereaved families and the injured.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The wind phone setting provides a way to contain feelings that the bereaved worry might overwhelm them.
    — Taryn Lindhorst, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The café business also helps keep the price point reasonable for families of the bereaved.
    — Diana Hubbell, Saveur, 16 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • That shows consideration for those who will mourn the loss of the deceased, and gives them a chance to show respect and support for the bereaved.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But none of that was distributed to the bereaved families of our communities.
    — Christian Arias, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
  • Parts of the community will want to move on, and particularly people like the bereaved will not.
    — Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, the one-year mark is often the most painful time for the bereaved, as this is when the reality and permanence of their loss begin to sink in.
    — Julie Kaplow, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Searcy had launched a campaign to find her missing daughter in the last few months, several posts on the bereaved mother's social media show.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • The family waited hours for the rescue divers to arrive, according to the bereaved mother.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
  • My condolences to the bereaved families.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025
  • 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 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
  • Harry concluded his letter by saying thank you to the bereaved military children.
    — Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The Dinner Party gives the bereaved time and space to talk specifically about their grief to others who can relate.
    — Jennifer Wolff, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Texting the bereaved seems callous, and responding is probably not on their list of priorities.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • The heedless afternoons of childhood meet the fatherless afternoons of late middle age, and the bereaved son is in danger of being buried in them.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Pearls can also represent sympathy and sorrow for the bereaved family.
    — Renan Botelho, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Returning from the dead, an aspiration devoutly to be wished by the living and the bereaved, permeates opera and theater.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • In it, a tech innovator (Cassel) sees the software he’s designed for the bereaved get used for unauthorized purposes.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The Japanese director has no shortage of ideas — chief among them the potential for advanced robotics to bring closure to the bereaved.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

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