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Recent Examples of bitten
Symptoms usually appear three to seven days after being bitten and include fever, joint pain, headache, muscle pain, swelling or skin rash.
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Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Born Christopher Walenty Dreja in 1945 to Polish immigrant parents, Dreja grew up in Kingston Upon Thames and was bitten by the rock and roll bug as a teenager.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Symptoms usually appear within a week of being bitten, according to various health departments.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Michelle Hempstead, 34, of Essex, England, died in a local hospital on July 30, 2024, after her dog bit her upper arm and caught an artery, according to Sky News, the BBC and the Independent.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Others were spit on, bitten, placed in headlocks and verbally threatened with violence.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
During the shooting, a deputy was bitten by a police K-9 unit and treated and released from a hospital.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
As Neuheisel tried to follow Bidwill’s instructions, Charley bit her.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The situation underscores how deeply injuries have bitten into the 49ers to begin the season, and also that their star players have been most affected.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Born Christopher Walenty Dreja in 1945 to Polish immigrant parents, Dreja grew up in Kingston Upon Thames and was bitten by the rock and roll bug as a teenager.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Symptoms usually appear within a week of being bitten, according to various health departments.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Michelle Hempstead, 34, of Essex, England, died in a local hospital on July 30, 2024, after her dog bit her upper arm and caught an artery, according to Sky News, the BBC and the Independent.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Others were spit on, bitten, placed in headlocks and verbally threatened with violence.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
During the shooting, a deputy was bitten by a police K-9 unit and treated and released from a hospital.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
As Neuheisel tried to follow Bidwill’s instructions, Charley bit her.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The situation underscores how deeply injuries have bitten into the 49ers to begin the season, and also that their star players have been most affected.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitten
sucked
Verb
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The flood shoved furniture into walls, sucked photographs from drawers.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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What sucked was how it was handled.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Bitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitten. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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