stricken

Example Sentences

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Her three children were born at Glenn Medical, and Wampler herself was a patient there for two months last year, when she was stricken with pneumonia and internal bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times

Massive amounts of federal and state assistance have poured into the stricken regions as the recovery continues, but the charitable relief funds provided an important bridge for victims, Beshear said Thursday.

From Seattle Times

Firefighters came out and rescued the stricken bird, warming and feeding it.

From BBC

As a young man in the 1980s, he volunteered in New York City with the Gay Men’s Health Crisis group, assisting people stricken with AIDS.

From Seattle Times

Di Martino’s stricken expression says it all as Sylvie realizes her anarchic dedication to free will might cost her, and all of us, moments of simple sad beauty like that one.

From Salon