stricken
Example Sentences
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After his liberation, Kulisiewicz, stricken with tuberculosis, dictated “716 songs in many languages to a nurse who realized how valuable this material was.”
What mattered was the look on the youngest’s face, stricken with a fear so great it was as though she herself were in that building.
From Literature
The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.
From Barron's
Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.
A clear timeline for recovering the other stricken boats has yet to emerge.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
