stricken
dilanda
definition
adjective
the pilot landed the stricken aircraft
seriously affected by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling.
example
The pressure of school tests is forcing children 'stricken' with serious infections into school to sit exams.
In the days before her death she deteriorated quickly after being 'stricken' with pneumonia.
The weather was poor, and Henry's army was short of provisions, exhausted, and badly 'stricken' with dysentery.
He had a pale, 'stricken' look on his face by the time we reached the school's spacious hall.
Thomas was 'stricken' with a headache so bad that it necessitated his removal from the flight.
So it is in the dog days of August when we are 'stricken' with the feeling that there's nothing new under the sun.
Later he was 'stricken' with grief for his mother, who died after a long slide into dementia.
Two men 'stricken' with the plague were going from merchant to merchant begging.
Unfortunately, she was 'stricken' with typhoid fever the second month in service.
He looked as 'stricken' as I felt, remorse and guilt printed subtly on his patrician face.
When my dad was just a boy he was 'stricken' with polio and forced to stay in a hospital for several years.
He tried to protest, but he found that the right of him was 'stricken' with sharp, slicing pain.
Seth caught a brief glimpse of her tear 'stricken' face before she ran past him.
One of the most arresting images in this exhibition is the 'stricken' face of a young woman.
Though twice 'stricken' with paralysis, he labored steadily until the fall of 1832.
God, whose plan is ineffable, foreordained that the heart of Jesus would be 'stricken' with seven afflictions.
She was 'stricken' with immense pain and she immediately covered the injured optic orb with her hands.
Then in 2001, she was 'stricken' with a yearlong illness and as a consequence lost her job.
Still she saw the 'stricken' look on Ali's face and tears came to her eyes.
The young woman paled, her expression 'stricken' as she looked down at his daughter.
With a final 'stricken' look at his uncomprehending face, Olivia steps out into the rain.
He began perspiring, his hair stood on end, and he was understandably 'stricken' with fear.
When she opened her dark eyes they glistened with unshed tears, round in her pale and 'stricken' face.
Christy looked up at him and gave him such a fear 'stricken' look that he felt powerful.
There's the dashing hero, a former pilot 'stricken' with impending blindness who stoically refuses to be pitied.
Casting one last 'stricken' look at her, he ducked his head and ran towards the door.
Brian's face took on a 'stricken' appearance, but he turned and walked off without a sound.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was 'stricken' with pneumonia.
Her voice was 'stricken' with sadness, but I could also sense that she was worried.
She glanced over her shoulder, 'stricken' with a new feeling of jealousy.
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