bitten
Example Sentences
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Donald worked as landscape gardener before suffering from a stroke and later contracting Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A surfer in his fifties was rushed to hospital on Monday after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Wouldn’t someone bitten or scratched 3 months ago already be rabid and possibly even dead?” another visitor posted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
But I was lucky—I never got stung or bitten.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
