Definition of stricken
1a : afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrowb : made incapable or unfit rescuers were sent to the stricken ship
2 : hit or wounded by or as if by a missile the deer had been stricken by an arrow
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Examples of stricken in a Sentence
I saw her stricken face looking up at us.
Recent Examples of stricken from the Web
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The stricken officer was taken to the hospital with serious but nonlife threatening injuries, police said.
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The sectors of the Indian economy where cash has long been king—real estate, automotive sales, even newspaper advertising by small businesses—remain stricken.
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Nobody, at this juncture, seems more stricken than Firth.
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In the face of the terrorist attacks, Mr. Sarkozy projects aggression and pugnacity where Mr. Hollande merely looks stricken and concerned.
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There’s death in his skin tone, but his face is alive with a kind of stricken fixity.
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Origin and Etymology of stricken
Middle English striken, from past participle of striken to strike
STRICKEN Defined for English Language Learners
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: powerfully affected by disease, trouble, sorrow, etc.
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1 : showing the effect of disease, misfortune, or sorrow a grief-stricken look
2 : hit or wounded by or as if by an object that was shot or thrown
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