What's the difference between stricken and strucken?
Stricken
Definition:
(p. p. & a.) Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
(n.) Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
(v. t.) Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.
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Example Sentences:
(1) But I know the full story and it’s a bit different from what people see.” The full story is heavy on the extremes of emotion and as the man who took a stricken but much-loved club away from its community, Winkelman knows that his part is that of villain; the war of words will rumble on.
(2) Sky News has apologised profusely after one of its presenters was shown rifling through the personal belongings of a stricken passenger at the MH17 crash site.
(3) US military aircraft and personnel arrived in Nepal on Sunday and were due to begin helping ferry relief supplies to stricken areas outside the capital.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An aerial view of the stricken Dharahara tower in Kathmandu.
(5) Advancing to the edge of the Ireland penalty area, he tries to pick out Thierry Henry, but his pass is wayward and a panic-stricken, back-pedalling Ireland defence clears.
(6) A brief image from the television feed before the gravity of the situation became apparent – as a physio reaches and tries to turn over the stricken midfielder – was widely available, especially in postings from outside the UK, where the match was shown on other networks.
(7) The EU, ECB and IMF, the troika of bodies keeping the debt-stricken Greek economy afloat, have signalled in no uncertain terms that they want some €8bn of the nearly €12bn package to come from pension and pay cuts, arguing that this will be the fastest way to get the best results.
(8) The leader, a veteran communist, went into the discussions saying their focus would be the EU-IMF financial assistance Cyprus has sought as a result of its banking system’s heavy exposure to debt-stricken Greece.
(9) Some health officials believe the blood of survivors may help Ebola stricken patients fight the disease.
(10) The CDC and other health agencies have been operating for months on the assumption that Zika causes brain defects, and they have been warning pregnant women to use mosquito repellent, avoid travel to Zika-stricken regions and either abstain from sex or rely on condoms.
(11) Torres realises his opponents is stricken and streams past him and into the area.
(12) BP has begun drilling two relief wells to halt the oil a day flowing out of the stricken Macondo well.
(13) London's mayor said the single currency had been responsible for having "exacerbated" the international financial crisis and warned the coalition government that Britain should not be expected to contribute to any new bailout of the crisis-stricken Greek economy .
(14) The family lived near the Cité Soleil slum where hundreds, possibly thousands, have been stricken.
(15) Shops in Greece must be free to offer buy-one-get-one-free deals and determine their own product sell-by dates as part of wide ranging reforms to regulations that have prevented the debt-stricken country from recovering after the financial crash, according to a leading thinktank.
(16) The lymphocytes of cancer-stricken persons showed an evident rise of the sialic acid content, combined with a shift of the sialic acid distribution to higher O-acetylated derivatives, as compared to the controls.
(17) Last week, Brown signed into law a more-than-$1bn plan to fast-track emergency relief to drought-stricken cities and communities, including food aid and drinking water.
(18) Kehazaei’s grief-stricken mother, Goldone, said through tears: “I want to donate his organs and I’m worried his heart will fail as well if we keep waiting.” She said the family was “furious” with the Australian government.
(19) Being from poverty-stricken rural communities, many would have been in poor physical condition.
(20) In an attempt to discourage potential migrants, European ministers cancelled a naval operation aimed at rescuing stricken smugglers’ boats.