Example Sentences

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I saw the troubles that were befalling my native country.

From The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers by Trueman, Howard

Matters were befalling as well as he could have hoped; for he had come out too late to have followed the cab.

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

Madame Midas was a remarkably plucky woman, but it needed all her pluck and philosophy to bear up against the terrible calamities which were befalling her.

From Madame Midas by Hume, Fergus