stricken

Example Sentences

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Her three children were born at Glenn Medical, and Wampler herself was a patient there for two months last year, when she was stricken with pneumonia and internal bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times

While client withdrawals at Credit Suisse have since slowed down, they have not yet reversed, suggesting that UBS has its work cut out as it prepares to absorb its stricken competitor.

From New York Times

In “The Face of a Stranger,” readers meet William Monk, a police officer who is stricken with amnesia and whose hunt for villains reveals hints to his past identity.

From Washington Post

Officers remain at the scene, and on Thursday a police car could be seen as workers operated the cranes and moved around the stricken vessel.

From BBC

Television images showed people using temporary bridges and ladders to cross a narrow drainage canal running alongside the rails to reach the stricken train in the darkness.

From Washington Times