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How to use stricken in a sentence

29 example sentences · adjective

Stricken means struck by something. Example: “The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake that left many buildings in ruins.”

Examples of stricken by meaning

adjectiveStruck by something.

  • The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake that left many buildings in ruins.

adjectiveDisabled or incapacitated by something.

  • Services had to be diverted, damaged lines restored, and materials for coastal defence and relief supplies conveyed to the stricken areas with all possible speed.1953 April, “Flood Damage on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
  • Given the perils for divers trying to enter the stricken submarine, the recovery effort is expected to focus on raising the vessel, a daunting challenge since the flooded weight of the Kursk is estimated at 25,000 tonnes.2000 August 22, Ian Traynor, “Crew found dead in stricken sub”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  • Ministry of Defence officials, who were managing small boats in the Channel at the time, told the Guardian in January that they disputed that the stricken dinghy had entered UK waters.2023 April 30, Diane Taylor, “Stricken dinghy was not rescued after it entered UK waters, maritime logs reveal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

More sentences with stricken

  • Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.From the entry praise
  • A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.From the entry transmit
  • Then he went round the gypsy saying “Howdie?” to the youngsters inside, who obviously seemed fear stricken.2016 May 21, Sunita Mudaliar, “Trying to control tourists in Umred-Karhandla is not such a good idea!”, in Nagpur Today. From the entry howdie
  • The expression on your face is of a very frightened and panic stricken person.2007, Lawrence J. Clark, The War Within, Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry pee-pee dance
  • The next room was in darkness and silent apart from a stricken wuffle.2005, Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade, Delta, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry wuffle
  • The gentleman in the illustration seemed likewise stricken with awe by the sight.1996, Laura Parker, Risque, page 121. From the entry aloll
  • England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead.1983, William S. Burroughs, The Place of Dead Roads, page 203. From the entry England
  • Frito smiled diplomatically, but was suddenly stricken by a severe stomachache.1969, The Harvard Lampoon (Henry N. Beard, Douglas C. Kenney), Bored of the Rings, Signet, page 30. From the entry diplomatically
  • Number One lurched forward, his arms outstretched toward the horror stricken girl.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 3, in The Monster Men, published 1929. From the entry lurch
  • Go-Teams can also be invaluable in travelling through stricken areas to provide needs assessments, especially in more rural, isolated areas.2003, Joseph J. Zealberg, Alberto B. Santos, Jackie A. Puckett, Comprehensive Emergency Mental Health Care, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry go-team
  • He stood 'stricken as if with a thunderbolt'.1997, Lady Anne Somerset, Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 282. From the entry dumbfoundment
  • This case involves the power of the trial court to strike an answer, keep it stricken, and enter a default judgment.1987, West's South Western Reporter - Volume 721, page 870. From the entry unstrike
  • Her father and mine was a shameless man and of all his illegitimates I am the most unfortunate and poverty stricken.1966, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, New York: Norton, Part 2, p. 96. From the entry illegitimate
  • Western readers stricken by Gorbymania and with only limited knowledge of the nuances of the Soviet power structure found such "exposes" shocking.1994, Yevgenia Albats, Catherine Fitzpatrick, The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia. From the entry Gorbymania
  • Mary Sue found out that the men who had beamed down were seriously stricken by the jumping cold robbies, Mary Sue less so.1973, Paula Smith, “A Trekkie's Tale”, in Menagerie, 2, p. 6. From the entry cold robbies
  • A lot of rowdy-dowdies, poverty stricken — blunt but true, they haven't got two ha'pennies for a penny — dirty, no interest in their children.1963, New Society, volume 2, page 10. From the entry two ha'pennies for a penny
  • “It’s lying you are!” said Gerald, and then, peering at her stricken face, he added in a burst of kindliness: “I’m sorry, daughter.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter II, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC. From the entry kindliness
  • But the willowy, elegant interloper—who was trendily Afrimerican to boot, which seemed to a liberal New York family like cheating—was stricken with dementia in her late fifties.2016, Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047. From the entry Afrimerican
  • She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.2009 November 9, “Woman diagnosed with fear of vegetables”, in The Telegraph. From the entry lachanophobia
  • The stricken soul comes home from a hard day at work and slips into his faded Levis (preferably a size or two too small) and shiny Tony Lama boots.1980, Paul A. Hutton, The Cowboy Hero review, Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 3, Summer 1980, pages 321-322. From the entry cowboyitis
  • The Pharaoh Nephren-Ka built around it a temple with a windowless crypt, and did that which caused his name to be stricken from all monuments and records.1935, H. P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark. From the entry Khem
  • Endymion and the Secretary, after sitting on a pier-end watching some barges, . . . were stricken with the very crisis of spring fever and lassitude.1910, Christopher Morley, “The Club in Hoboken”, in Plum Pudding. From the entry spring fever
  • The elder Westman and a woman were seen by several neighbors sitting on the curb on Wednesday, looking stricken as law enforcement officers from various agencies went through their house.2025 August 27, Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, “Police examine online videos…. From the entry Westman
  • In all its gutters from Frisco to Bombay, Melbourne to Cape Town, the Salvation Army was on the job, inviting harassed and stricken souls to the peace which passeth understanding.1929 January 14, “Religion: Salvation Rift”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2017. From the entry peace that passeth understanding
  • Such well-fed creatures he declared he had never met—no, not even excepting the ones that, gorged with his own calceolarias, had met his stricken gaze only a few mornings back.1907, Ethel Turner, The Day of the Snail. From the entry calceolaria

Meaning of stricken

  1. adjective Struck by something.
  2. adjective Disabled or incapacitated by something.
  3. adjective Having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register.

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Questions about stricken in a sentence

How do you use stricken in a sentence?
Stricken is used as an adjective. For example: “The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake that left many buildings in ruins.”
What is a short sentence with stricken?
“He stood 'stricken as if with a thunderbolt'.”
What does stricken mean?
Stricken means struck by something.

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