Sentence examples for always stricken from inspiring English sources

The phrase "always stricken" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts discussing ongoing or repeated feelings of distress or affliction, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "He felt always stricken by the weight of his past mistakes, unable to move forward."
Alternatives: "perpetually affected" or "constantly troubled".

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His attendants — quick, battered little Goldman; Al Weill, the stout, excitable manager, always stricken just before the bell with the suspicion that he may have made a bad match; Al Columbo, the boyhood friend from Brockton, Massachusetts, which is Rocky's home town — are all as familiar to the crowd as he is.

For some reason, I am always stricken by the instinct that it is the kind of place I should enter with caution, in case someone is lurking in the dark.

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He is always working and always striking.

It always struck me as paradoxical.

"We are always striking a balance.

Everyone's always struck by it.

"It always strikes up curiosity and conversation.

Belgium has always struck me that way.

So the surface of each dance is always striking.

But those proposals always strike me as too complex.

It's always striking the balance between freedom and constraint.

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