stricken
Example Sentences
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"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Madigan: I feel stricken by what’s happening with the Washington Post, stricken.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
There was a momentary pause, while I stood stricken, waiting for his answer.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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