Sentence examples for stricken i from inspiring English sources

Six of us were stricken – I was the only survivor.

Feeling alone, stuck and panic stricken, I picture the patient at home with his mother, dreading the worst.

A week before his daughter-in-law was stricken, I met with Mr. Carbone at his apartment at Park Place Towers.

Allen is infinitely funnier yet more easily seduced by the solemn; he lives in terror of dying — of his own death — whereas Moretti, who calmly chronicled his cancer treatment in "Dear Diary," would be far more stricken, I imagine, by the passing of others.

Once stricken, I can depend on friends to cheerfully order me to, "Feel better!" This reflects the speaker's belief that I have opted for the diarrhea, chills and a headache combo meal.

But when the marathon bombers struck, I took it personally.

"But I was a bit star struck, I must say.

When the earthquake struck I was at home.

When the mood struck, I'd pretend to read The Wall Street Journal.

When the crisis struck, I felt you would understand the role you had to play.

Hers are inviting and striking; I want to learn how to do that.