Example Sentences

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His faculties were so unclouded up to the last moment that he could watch himself dying, and speculate on the nature of the change which was befalling him.

From Life and Letters of Robert Browning by Browning, Robert

It helps me even now to think that my dear Herbert told me himself—for that, I see, was the purpose of my dim dream—what was befalling him.

From The Upton Letters by Benson, Arthur Christopher

I heard enough through the night to know somewhat at least that was befalling, but I kept still.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

Why did they not realize the magnitude of the disaster that was befalling them?

From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna

It was pitiful to see that he was conscious of the change that was befalling him.

From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir