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

But for some stricken residents, the two students were the only option.

From New York Times

Now, in a worst case scenario, wildlife authorities might have a difficult time finding enough facilities able to take in and care for a large number of condors stricken with the virus.

From Los Angeles Times

As rescuers tended to the stricken mammal, Mr Heslop-Mullens said people "should treat it as an animal and not as something to gawp at".

From BBC

Slater's mother, stricken with grief, was there to tell her that her father's flight from Jakarta to Singapore had nosedived to the ground.

From BBC