Sentence examples for befallen on from inspiring English sources

Thus, although the New Testament gives no indication of Christ's actual birthday (early writers preferring a spring date), in 354 Pope Liberius declared it to have befallen on Dec. 25.

The injury crisis at Arsenal has deepened this week with serious setbacks befalling on two of the club's key players.

Even one destroyed life – and a 20-year sentence for a 39-year old filmmaker surely means the cruellest of all individual punishments – will lead to an even greater punishment and retaliation that may befall on the whole country.

Though no one knows just what agonies have befallen the men on the Russian submarine Kursk, other seamen who have been trapped beneath the sea describe how quickly the air can turn toxic and serious physical and emotional deterioration can set in.

Then, on July 15, readers learned that an accident had befallen the shipment: "one of about twenty-five yellow, airtight receptacles dumped into the ocean" had "failed to sink".

He didn't want to know what had befallen poor Venus Williams on Center Court.

The creators of "Maya and Miguel" consciously avoided the negative stereotypes that sometimes befall Hispanics on television and in films.

Mortazavi also relayed a threat to Mirebrahimi: it would be very easy for an accident to befall him on the street.

The games will go on, though, and if we are lucky, they will bring a few hours of escape from the brutal reality that befell us on Tuesday.

Sadly, disaster befell us on Saturday night, and our marquee didn't withstand the heavy rain overnight - a pole snapped and the tent wasn't salvageable.

Of the conflicts, imbroglios, confusions and appalling revelations that ensue I will only say that nothing quite like this ever befell anyone on an Apollo mission.