bitten
Example Sentences
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The Chargers were bitten by the injury bug Tuesday during a joint practice with the San Francisco 49ers in El Segundo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That radioactive spider that transformed Peter Parker into Spider-Man could have bitten the class moron just as easily.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The risk of being bitten by a shark remains extremely low: the number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide has remained broadly stable for the past 30 years, at about 70 bites per year.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Incidents of sharks biting humans are incredibly rare, but at least three influencers have been bitten by the animals in less than a year.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
On the voyage the Greeks stopped at an island to offer a sacrifice and Philoctetes was bitten by a serpent, a most frightful wound.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
