Sentence examples for feels stricken from inspiring English sources

She feels stricken and powerless after this, but above all betrayed; not only by Sally, who was not there for her, but "by all the women who ever failed to contradict the romantic mythology of love and sex".

And so when the moment comes, and McCaw opens a small door to the furnace of his intensity, the heat feels striking.

Speechless and dumbfounded, he feels "struck as if by the Revolutionary guillotine": a guest betrayed.

When a child becomes entangled in an online conflict, parents understandably feel stricken.

Bonn's family felt stricken by Juliette's abrupt departure, but it was mystery to them, and they never managed to trace her whereabouts.

I personally have no worries on account of the problem about green, but I worry and feel stricken every time one of my jokes does not reach you".

"I feel stricken that an old thing having been preserved for more than 200 years has been mangled in this way".

Now the ease with which the sash slid up made him feel stricken; he had left her at the mercy of any passing lunatic or thief.

I, too, sympathize with Jesse, appreciate his pricks of conscience, feel stricken when he suffers, root for his redemption, and feel very differently about him generally than I do about his mentor and partner in crime.

I felt stricken, on her behalf and on behalf of all those who choose the spiritual bypass.

The ethical scientist or physician, the concerned parent or teacher, must feel stricken with grief and dumbfounded that we have allowed the interests of powerful advocacy groups to completely override the interests of our children.