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A yawning gap in the lineup of military officers; a face that failed to match the body attached to it; a face whose shading did not match that of the faces on either side; an elbow marooned in space, bereft of other body parts--such things could just pass for evidence of ineptitude.
When a widow, bereft of her husband, and deep in his debts, sought to marry anew, she must first slough off his obligations.
Poor Hick, bereft of career, living in a perpetual state of low-intensity jiltedness ("Miss you so much," runs the typical Eleanor letter, "but you'd hate it here so don't come "), traveling the barrooms of the country as Eleanor's eyes and ears, remains for me the hero of the book.
Although bereft of up-to-date display cases and featuring explanations written in Chinese only, this museum provides the most exhaustive overview of Chinese civilization — illustrated with national treasures — of any gallery in China.
But the subsequent dismantling of the Soviet Union suddenly left Cuba bereft of food, oil, and hard currency.