Sentence examples for be stricken by from inspiring English sources

One of the first to be stricken by the gas was Muhammad's brother Salah.

Should you survive, you may be stricken by repeated bouts of sickness.

When they are young, they may be fearful of contracting the sibling's disability, or be stricken by guilt that they are responsible for causing it.

EIGHTY years ago Lu Xun, now enshrined as the father of modern Chinese literature, observed that when others needed help his countrymen seemed to be stricken by apathy.

"In fact," he said, "it would appear as if I was secretly advising Greenwich to devise a plan that would be stricken by the courts".

Continuation of this system of county-by-county decisions regarding how a dimpled chad is counted is fraught with equal protection concerns which will eventually cause the election results in Florida to be stricken by the federal courts or Congress.

"They would all be struck by lightning".

She had been stricken by a massive stroke.

Years before I had been stricken by a debilitating illness.

One was struck by lightning.

Others are struck by his colourful demeanour.