bitten
Example Sentences
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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
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
In February last year, a tourist in the Caribbean had both hands bitten off while trying to get a photograph of a bull shark from the shallows, according to local authorities.
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
