stricken

Example Sentences

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Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

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 stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Then the blood left Beregond’s face, and he was stricken to the heart and bowed his head.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien