stricken

Example Sentences

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"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

An animal charity is having to pay out about £400,000 on vet bills each year as call-outs to help stricken dogs increase "massively", staff say.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

When Bell spotted his father, three grandparents and mother’s brother waiting outside his school, he appeared stricken and told them, “You guys are going to get me in trouble,” relatives recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“You’re so much more of an asset than a liability, Michelle, you have to know that,” he said, looking stricken.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama