befall

Example Sentences

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Jo's brother Jimmy said he "never imagined such a profound tragedy would ever befall our family".

From BBC

In her essay, Schlossberg acknowledged that her terminal illness adds to a string of tragedies that has befallen the famous political family.

From Los Angeles Times

With head-scratching lyrics like, “Why should a land have so much meaning when dark times befall it? It’s just a land made of dirt and rock,” they confuse far more than they entertain.

From Salon

Many have suffered for years, with no way of knowing what might have befallen their daughters, wives, sisters, mothers.

From Seattle Times

The beauties are the glamor routes, the passenger trains that, whatever shabbiness may have befallen their interiors, more than make up for it with the grandeur of what lies outside their windows.

From Los Angeles Times