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Recent Examples of bitten
Before he was stabbed to death, Valdez allegedly bit the relative who killed him, causing an inches-long gash on the victim’s hand, then attacked the man’s wife who was also in her early 60s, authorities said.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
Police said Canut hit the employee and then scratched the customer in the face and bit her hand, leaving a puncture wound.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The last human rabies case in San Diego County was in 2001 in a person who was bitten by a dog in the Philippines, according to the county statement.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman who was bitten, later identified as 46-year-old Gabriela Bautista of Moorpark, died March 19 as a result of rattlesnake venom toxicity, the Ventura County medical examiner’s office told KTLA.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
If bitten, treat it as a medical emergency and call 911, authorities say.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman claimed Nacua bit her next, breaking the skin on her left shoulder.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Hands are stabbed, feet are liquidated, fingers are severed, bodies are impaled (at one point an entire butcher block of kitchen knives has to be used to subdue Todd), an ear and a nose are bitten off, shotgun holes are blown into faces, and prison rape is treated as a parlor game.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
The Irvine Police Department confirmed that Hernandez was mountain biking when he was bitten by a rattlesnake.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
Police said Canut hit the employee and then scratched the customer in the face and bit her hand, leaving a puncture wound.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The last human rabies case in San Diego County was in 2001 in a person who was bitten by a dog in the Philippines, according to the county statement.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman who was bitten, later identified as 46-year-old Gabriela Bautista of Moorpark, died March 19 as a result of rattlesnake venom toxicity, the Ventura County medical examiner’s office told KTLA.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
If bitten, treat it as a medical emergency and call 911, authorities say.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman claimed Nacua bit her next, breaking the skin on her left shoulder.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Hands are stabbed, feet are liquidated, fingers are severed, bodies are impaled (at one point an entire butcher block of kitchen knives has to be used to subdue Todd), an ear and a nose are bitten off, shotgun holes are blown into faces, and prison rape is treated as a parlor game.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
The Irvine Police Department confirmed that Hernandez was mountain biking when he was bitten by a rattlesnake.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitten
sucked
Verb
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Dinner starts with a brief discussion about Dorit having dinner with PK, a gel fart that has been collected from the air, sucked up into a syringe, and then used as lip filler for Saddam Hussein’s corpse.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Bitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitten. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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