Synonyms of befallen

befallen

verb

past participle of befall

as in happened

to take place

whatever befalls, we'll make the best of it and carry on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happened
• done
• occurred
• come
• been
• transpired
• come down
• chanced
• come about
• gone down
• gone on
• come to pass
• cooked
• happed
• passed
• come off
• arisen
• betided
• risen
• developed
• shaped (up)
• resulted
• intervened
• come up
• proceeded
• sprung (up)
• materialized
• cropped (up)
• followed
• broken
• turned out
• fallen out
• gone off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befallen

In baseball, curses are no joking matter, and the Curse of the FTD Burger might now have befallen the team. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Seger’s music also seems to have been less conducive to the sort of right-wing political co-optation that has persistently befallen Springsteen’s, Petty’s, and Mellencamp’s work. — Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

That exact same scenario has befallen Pool B of the WBC, except it’s turned everyone into mathematicians heading into the finale. — Maria Torres, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Our hearts are heavy, and we are deeply stricken by this tragedy that has befallen one of our own. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026

Our hearts are heavy, and we are deeply stricken by this tragedy that has befallen one of our own. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026

There's a mysterious little girl (Caoilinn Springall) on the station with him, and 2) her only hope for survival is the Aether, a distant spaceship that's returning to Earth unaware of the fate that's befallen it. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025

A little more than a week after the franchise and general manager Chris Grier mutually parted ways, a similar fate has befallen co-directors of player personnel Adam Engroff and Anthony Hunt, according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero. — Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025

This is far from the only injury that has befallen the Buccaneers' receiving corps this year. — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025