Examples of 'befell' in a sentence
Meaning of "befell"
Befall is a verb that means to happen or occur, typically used to describe events that occur by chance
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- simple past tense of befall
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It befell us like misery befalls the poor.
Other misfortunes befell this unhappy company.
The unbearable pain that befell him.
This wonder befell the loveless one.
To prevent the tragedy that befell him.
A fate that befell anyone unfortunate enough.
A grand operation where no harm befell anybody.
Great trials befell the working class.
It would be tragic if a similar one befell you.
A tragic fate befell that little girl.
God knows whose evil shadow befell him.
A similar fate befell agriculture and horticulture.
As we watch we imagine the grand tragedy that befell it.
But misfortune befell the family soon.
She befell into the arms of a stranger.
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The evils that befell our people.
It befell them out of the blue.
Help me discover what befell your friend.
If anything befell him people will appoint a successor.
Only a misfortune befell the girl.
Is an account of the tragedy which befell.
Ill luck befell them for it.
A most horrible thing befell him.
The fate that befell my son at your hands.
For the great calamity that befell them.
Whatever ills befell her were earned twice over.
Plague of silence and death befell us.
You shall see what befell them in a moment.
All he knew were the calamities that befell him.
Fiery catastrophes befell the town a number of times.
It was a shame that such bad luck befell on him.
The same fate befell the political school.
Ten thousand things befell them.
A tragedy befell an innocent family.
Then a second calamity befell my family.
Enslavement befell the extravagant wife and unfilial children.
A great misfortune befell our village.
You think of me or speak of me and wonder what befell.
A terrible tragedy befell our nation this week.
Every misfortune imaginable befell him.
And disaster befell the parish.
But now another misfortune befell it.
The same fate befell his teenaged son.
Despite the prior misfortunes that befell them.
The same fate befell them there also.
But a further unexpected disaster befell the team.
A disastrous fire befell the mint three months ago.
His companions never knew what befell him.
Indeed misfortune befell the kingdom as she had warned.
Sickness and death befell them.
