- past participle of smite.
smitten
Example Sentences
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Parkin encouraged people to watch the phenomenon, himself profoundly affected by seeing his first eclipse that had left him "smitten".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Carolyn Travis was smitten by a man she met in an entrepreneurship course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Seconds after her aspirant boyfriend, Bear, snaps the One Wish Willow to make her fall in love with him, she walks back out of her house, a little sheepish and newly smitten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It turned out that Santa had just seen Miller at a tournament in Florida—and he was smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
I was in my own room as usual—just myself, without obvious change: nothing had smitten me, or scathed me, or maimed me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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