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stricken

[ US /ˈstɹɪkən/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈɪkən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. put out of action (by illness)
  2. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
    conscience-smitten
    awe-struck
  3. grievously affected especially by disease

How To Use stricken In A Sentence

  • Chain car collisions on the Interstate, hysteria-tinged second by second updates from the weatherman on the local TV stations, a stunned, awestricken look from the locals that almost made one think that this was surely the first time they had ever seen this precipitation thing occurring. Election Central Sunday Roundup
  • One of them turned and caught sight of my stricken face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia.
  • Even though these involved rich Mexicans, it can happen at any time to extranjeros flaunting their wealth in a povert stricken town in a 3rd world country. San Miguel crime spree?
  • Despite her measured tone, June is clearly enraged as well as grief stricken. The Sun
  • He looked amazed and slightly stricken in the streetlight. AN OLDER WOMAN
  • He was named Time magazine's ‘Person of the Year,’ the avatar of the stricken city.
  • The mangled wreckage of the stricken craft was such that rescue teams had not found him. The Sun
  • And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Dipodic Verse : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
  • Shakily I splashed some cold water onto my stricken face, wishing the cold liquid to act as a reality check, maybe even wake me up from this painfully real nightmare.
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