bitten
Example Sentences
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"The skull shows no signs of healing around the tyrannosaur tooth, so it may have already been dead when it was bitten, or it may be dead because it was bitten."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
A woman who was bitten by a shark more than a week ago while swimming at a popular Sydney beach has woken briefly from an induced coma, her family has said.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
A 78-year-old woman was bitten by a snake three times and died of her injuries, the third snakebite fatality in California this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
But since a fan was bitten by a farm dog, the family has posted wooden signs along the road with “by appointment only” scrawled in black paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
I couldn’t have been more surprised if Boomer had lunged over and bitten me.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
