stricken

Example Sentences

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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

A clear timeline for recovering the other stricken boats has yet to emerge.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Next to her, Joaquin looked stricken, and he kept turning the envelope over and over, as if looking for another clue, as if he was playing Detectives, too.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway