Sentence examples for slightly stricken from inspiring English sources

TUCSON — Gabrielle Giffords looked slightly stricken as she considered the question: Would she feel bad about starring in a political advertisement against her former House colleagues who declined to stand with her on guns?

Much of the time its 28-year-old protagonist, Brian Weathersby Paul Danoo), who works as a sales clerk for an upscale Manhattan mattress company, wears a slightly stricken expression on his otherwise poker face.

It was one of the more staggering moments of my life, and, seeing my face, my slightly stricken interviewer quickly began phoning around to check whether the certification was acceptable.

Cooper, who entered in the 77th minute with the score tied at 1-1, took a 10-yard run up to the ball, hesitated slightly before striking it and barely kept the shot on target.

Perhaps more importantly he could still write himself into history as the first Everton winner, though he slightly missed striking the necessary can-do note by admitting beforehand that finishing in the top four would be more important than silverware this season.

As such, the storm weakened slightly before striking Luzon on the morning of August 25.

After stalling briefly, the cyclone turned to the northwest, weakening slightly before striking Mozambique just south of Vilankulo on March 2.

Landis wrote to his counterparts at the other mints, advising them that the planchets, or blanks, needed to be shaved very slightly to strike properly.

Jokwe rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), before weakening slightly and striking Nampula Province in northeastern Mozambique.

After quickly weakening to a hurricane, Flora turned more to the west in the Windward Passage, and restrengthened slightly to strike southeastern Cuba about 30 mile east of Guantanamo Bay with winds of.

Accelerating over the Sea of Japan, the remnant storm deepened slightly before striking the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 4 with an estimated pressure of 976 mbar (hPa; 28.82 inHg).