Sentence examples for befallen us from inspiring English sources

Sad days have befallen us.

How could this disaster have befallen us.

"A catastrophe has befallen us," said Claude Aguttes, a prominent Drouot auctioneer.

"Until he understands what has befallen us, then how can I?

(As if there were room for more twists!) What terrorist event or natural catastrophe had befallen us?

So here, in no particular order, are my choices for the year that has just befallen us.

But Wil's reporting isn't just about the nightmarish scenarios that could befall us.

My three sisters & one brother dying of the grief which has so suddenly befell us".

Worse fates could befall us than being (surprise) feted by loved ones.

The point is that when misfortune befalls us, it's not helpful to mope around endlessly.

Gathering his shaken staff in the embassy, he said: "Nothing befalls us except that which God has written for us.