felled
Example Sentences
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Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When the thing dies, the worms fall away to reveal that it wasn’t always a demon, but a boar god felled by a dark force.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Cole’s central image evokes the imperial grandeur of Rome before it is felled, in the next canvas, by fire, flood and barbarous invaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was one of 49 grown from seeds taken from the tree, which was illegally felled in September 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“The ground rumbled and shook—as when you felled a big tree. But there wasn’t much noise … Ash fell damp and cool like mud. Coarse pellets seemed to come straight down,” Buzz remembered.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
