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

Madigan: I feel stricken by what’s happening with the Washington Post, stricken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

After his liberation, Kulisiewicz, stricken with tuberculosis, dictated “716 songs in many languages to a nurse who realized how valuable this material was.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

And that, the story went, is how man claimed ascendency over the world that was Zeru, while the demons were stricken from it by the angels.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor