befall

Example Sentences

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How has she dealt with the fallow periods that befall every actor?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Jo's brother Jimmy said he "never imagined such a profound tragedy would ever befall our family".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

With head-scratching lyrics like, “Why should a land have so much meaning when dark times befall it? It’s just a land made of dirt and rock,” they confuse far more than they entertain.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

In the wake of 9/11, when many feared and no one knew what might befall us, he helped harden the country and prevent attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

It was some hundred miles by that way from the Cross-roads to the Morannon, and what might befall them before they came so far none knew.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien