How to Use bereavement in a Sentence

bereavement

noun
  • The city doesn’t track why staff request bereavement leave.
    oregonlive, 3 July 2020
  • There is no federal law that grants paid bereavement leave, not even for the death of a spouse or a child.
    Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Others are full of sullen rage at the injustice of their bereavement.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Vázquez was reinstated from the bereavement list and was behind the plate.
    Ken Powtak, ajc, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Players placed on the bereavement list must miss at least three games but can not miss any more than seven.
    Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
  • In bereavement, those are the people with prolonged grief.
    Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • Davis reaches out from his bereavement, though not for sex.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2016
  • But he was placed on the bereavement list immediately and flew home to bury his son.
    Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 18 June 2017
  • The friend remained the closest of friends with my husband until the end, and has been nothing but kind to me in my bereavement.
    New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Now there's talking about more than just bereavement leave.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • This leave may also be used for the bereavement of a family member.
    Sandy Torchia, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The typical bereavement leave in the US is only three days.
    Lauren Krouse, SELF, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Maldonado sat out three games while on the bereavement list.
    Jeff Miller, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • Sick leave turned into bereavement leave, then spring break.
    Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Graham Ashcraft returned from the bereavement list to fill the final roster spot.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • A player can be on the bereavement list for a minimum for three days and maximum of seven days.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2017
  • RHP Buck Farmer was placed on the bereavement list. ...
    Gary Schatz, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022
  • There is just the deep sense of loss, horror, bereavement and finally, shock.
    Janine Di Giovanni, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2017
  • Illinois offers two weeks of unpaid bereavement leave, but only after the death of a child.
    Chad Broughton, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2021
  • But his bereavement process becomes a lot more complicated when his dad returns from the grave… in the form of a snowman.
    Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Find solace and support in a church or bereavement group or the comradery of others who have left their jobs and lost their colleagues and purpose.
    Sherry Walling, Fortune, 12 July 2022
  • Throughout the span of her career, many have sought her expertise on bereavement.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The initial phase of bereavement devastates me every time.
    Rachel Fleishman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Feelings and behaviors will vary across students and will change throughout the bereavement process.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2021
  • But accounts of bereavement suggest that isn’t exactly the case.
    Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The plan would also ensure three days of bereavement leave annually starting in the first year of the plan's rollout.
    Maegan Vazquez, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Newell returned to work after taking bereavement and sick leave.
    Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 19 June 2018
  • Hospice services do not end when the patient dies, and bereavement does not start after the patient's death.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Hospice services do not end when the patient dies, and bereavement does not start after the patient’s death.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Schebler was placed on the bereavement list Thursday, but players must miss a minimum of three days.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 23 June 2018

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