Sentence examples for were stricken with from inspiring English sources

Many of the soldiers who fought in Cuba, however, were stricken with malaria and typhoid.

Twenty children were stricken with tuberculosis at a school in Leicester.

When the two youngest were stricken with polio, Mrs. Freedman asked when they would be able to walk.

That center was heavily contaminated with anthrax, and three postal workers there were stricken with the disease.

Imagine if all these see-no-evil people were stricken with a conscience, with a whistle to blow on themselves?

In a nearby village, Jelaković showed us a so-called "black house"—left empty and gone to ruin after its occupants were stricken with BEN.

Bystanders and press were struck with batons.

What if she were struck with the ball?

Others were struck with truncheons or fell as they fled.

Murray's returns were struck with a loud thwack.

To acquire the land, deals were struck with developers.