Example Sentences
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There were cases, however, whose prognosis seemed good but where death supervened suddenly.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was conscious again of the awful stillness of death that supervened.
From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Long before I reached the camp the cheering and all sounds of exultation had ceased, and a strange stillness supervened.
From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia
There had been a slight hæmorrhage, but a sudden collapse had supervened.
From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.
Thus, both in New England and in New York, there supervened a period of divided councils and enfeebled administration, and this at the precise moment when the colonies were about to encounter new perils.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson
