Sentence examples for was stricken by from inspiring English sources

Within weeks he was stricken by polio (some think caught at that camp).

Her only child, Giles, was stricken by autism and died at 35.

Soon the city was stricken by Britain's last great outbreak of plague.

When Gaultier was working on Blond Ambition, Francis Menuge was stricken by a devastating AIDS-related illness.

In 1952, a 9-year-old friend was stricken by the disease and clinging to life in an iron lung.

In 1957, Hassel was stricken by Caucasian fever, a sickness contracted during the war, causing total paralysis.

He was stricken by a heart attack last week at the age of 48, after jogging in Central Park.

In the summer of 1923, Crompton – a kind and delightful lady by all accounts – was stricken by polio.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy the following year but was stricken by arthritis, a disease that left him an invalid.

Before he was stricken by Mesothelioma in 2010, he fully intended to break their record for longevity (102 and 107 years, respectively).

One was struck by lightning.