How to Use bereavement in a Sentence

bereavement

noun
  • RHP Buck Farmer was placed on the bereavement list. ...
    Gary Schatz, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The team has 10 men on the IL and one, reliever Matt Wisler, on the bereavement list.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2021
  • In the end, the bereavement exclusion was removed from the DSM-5.
    Perri Klass, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
  • 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
  • And 58% plan to do the same for miscarriage bereavement.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The city doesn’t track why staff request bereavement leave.
    oregonlive, 3 July 2020
  • The typical bereavement leave in the US is only three days.
    Lauren Krouse, SELF, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The first of six Monday evening bereavement classes will be held April 16.
    Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Others are full of sullen rage at the injustice of their bereavement.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • There is just the deep sense of loss, horror, bereavement and finally, shock.
    Janine Di Giovanni, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2017
  • Vázquez was reinstated from the bereavement list and was behind the plate.
    Ken Powtak, ajc, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Graham Ashcraft returned from the bereavement list to fill the final roster spot.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe is also away from the team, placed on the bereavement list.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • But he was placed on the bereavement list immediately and flew home to bury his son.
    Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 18 June 2017
  • Now there's talking about more than just bereavement leave.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Barrero was away from Double-A Chattanooga for about a week on bereavement leave.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 May 2021
  • Schebler was placed on the bereavement list Thursday, but players must miss a minimum of three days.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 23 June 2018
  • Sick leave turned into bereavement leave, then spring break.
    Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • The Reds also placed relief pitcher Ross Detwiler on the bereavement list.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 May 2022
  • 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
  • In the bereavement community and media, there has long been a belief that the death of a child inevitably leads to divorce for the parents.
    Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
  • Smith will play some outfield in the absence of Jake McCarthy, who was placed on the bereavement list after a death in his family.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This leave may also be used for the bereavement of a family member.
    Sandy Torchia, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2022
  • 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

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