bitten
Example Sentences
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I looked up and saw Aunt Kitty racing ahead of the rest of us, her horse bolting out of control like it had been bitten by a snake.
From Literature
They're not the only soaps to have been trimmed - Hollyoaks and Casualty have also reduced their episode counts, while Doctors and Neighbours have bitten the dust completely.
From BBC
Today he coaches and is the director for 10 soccer teams for children ages 8 to 10 because that is when “they get bitten by the bug.”
"If we went back two years before we picked the squad, and that's what we had available to us, we would have bitten your hand off," said Stokes.
From BBC
“The trustees have deemed the application of the poultice an unnecessary expense, although I am quite sure they themselves would not enjoy being bitten by fleas.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.