befell
Example Sentences
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The incident that eventually befell Price took place in July 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
She will be desperate to avoid the disaster that befell hot men's favourite Ilia Malinin, who suffered a nightmare last week, slumping to an eighth-place finish.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The issue also befell the German team who won bronze in the biathlon.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Instead, scientists must look for “natural experiments,” in which something similar befell humans in the past.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
