Sentence examples for befallen it from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, the former management of Co-op Bank bears primary responsibility for the calamity that has befallen it".

ARTUR MATUSZEWSKI cradled the marble head of St. Francis in his hand, reflecting on the sad fate that had befallen it.

In the years immediately before the civil war, America is shown as a country defined by lawlessness, ambition and plasticity; afterwards, it seems more hopelessly fractured, haunted by what has befallen it.

I think of Detroit and the horrible economic tragedy that has befallen it.

As my brain froze while comprehending yet another new frozen yogurt shop that had popped up, I began to wonder what became of my old online community: had change befallen it too?

With all the care being taken to protect the art during its stay in Queens, administrators are also alert to dangers that might befall it during its transfer from Manhattan, which will begin later this month.

"Some big law firm whose leaders think that disaster can never befall it will be next," Mr. Harper said.

Meanwhile, the southern kingdom of Judah was to have another century and a half of existence before a similar and even grimmer fate befell it.

The cooling problem, which has limited research aboard the space station so equipment does not overheat, is only the latest glitch to befall it.

It was Las Casas's intention to reveal to Spain the reason for the misfortune that would inevitably befall it when it became the object of God's punishment.

It appears in "Looking Back from Ground Zero: Images from the Brooklyn Museum Collection," a memorial show that considers the history of lower Manhattan, what befell it five years ago, and artists' responses to the event.