(Used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.
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Examples for "stricken "
Examples for "stricken "
1 Due to severe conditions, many North Korean children are stricken with it.
2 Water levels are on the rise once more in the drought - stricken region.
3 It is Chicago's South Side, where some neighborhoods are stricken with violence.
4 Soon the city was stricken by Britain's last great outbreak of plague.
5 What we are noticing is that these stricken families need to talk.
1 The best fit ever-rightout of the box, one smitten user said.
2 Tech leaders seem particularly smitten by New Zealand's reputed immunity to Armageddon.
3 No; the moon had not yet smitten the face of the castle.
4 He saw the cause of the terror that had smitten the herd.
5 It was left outside his room by a smitten but surreptitious fan.
1 Options market participants said the activity struck promptly as the market opened.
2 Elections are set for April 24 under the deal struck last week.
3 France had until now only struck Islamic State targets in neighboring Iraq.
4 He said a deal had been struck that satisfied New Zealand's requirements.
5 However, that balance is only struck when the vehicle goes to war.
6 A second explosion minutes after struck a bar near Mombasa's main stadium.
7 Six days later a virus, or maybe food poisoning, struck the ship.
8 Fodder crops which went in late have struck and are looking good.
9 Repurchase terms were agreed in September 2008, when the deal was struck .
10 It was clear, however, that only one bullet had struck the President.
11 The words struck into her understanding like lead shot dropping in water.
12 However, the 31-year-old did not attend and his case was struck out.
13 The home side then struck the woodwork three times in six minutes.
14 The new centre has also struck a chord with Drogheda's business community.
15 China's official in charge of climate change policy struck a similar note.
16 I was struck with dread; the Queen then appeared in the balcony.
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Indicative · Past Indefinite
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