How to Use bereavement in a Sentence

bereavement

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  • Some businesses also offer pet bereavement leave and allow people to bring their pets to work.
    — Jason Leverant, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Lindblom, staked to that quick 2-0 lead, faced one over the minimum through the first five innings in his first start back from the bereavement list.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Vázquez was reinstated from the bereavement list and was behind the plate.
    — Ken Powtak, ajc, 15 Aug. 2021
  • LH John Means came off the bereavement list and was headed back to Baltimore.
    — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Graham Ashcraft returned from the bereavement list to fill the final roster spot.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • The Marlins placed right-hander David Phelps on the bereavement list after a death in the family.
    — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 May 2017
  • Again, lend an ear, but don’t try to impose limits on their bereavement.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
  • On May 24, Kelly was put on the bereavement list for reasons that were undisclosed.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
  • 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
  • More: Cincinnati Reds 2018: Amir Garrett placed on the bereavement list.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 3 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Brasier, who returned to the Sox from bereavement leave on Monday, then came on for a scoreless ninth to record his first save since April 21.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019

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