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
This vast array of media professionals came no closer to uncovering what awful fate befell this poor 84-year-old woman.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 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
Mother warned of illnesses that befell children who did not eat their lentils and of ghosts that stalked them in their sleep.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
