Example Sentences

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Then—watch out—the parade of CEOs uber-bullish on their companies no matter what travesties have befallen them begins.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2024

The beauties are the glamor routes, the passenger trains that, whatever shabbiness may have befallen their interiors, more than make up for it with the grandeur of what lies outside their windows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Kimco bought the shopping center in 2002 for $80 million, and it has since navigated the storms that have befallen brick-and-mortar retail.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

"If this was negligence… we demand accountability for the cases that have befallen our children," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

From the age of ten I’d check the Daily Prophet first thing every morning—certain some sort of tragedy would have befallen it—certain I wouldn’t get to go.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling