stricken

Example Sentences

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An animal charity is having to pay out about £400,000 on vet bills each year as call-outs to help stricken dogs increase "massively", staff say.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The company also operates the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, now being decommissioned.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Opa draws her to him, a stricken look on his face, and Helmuth can't watch anymore.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti