How to Use befall in a Sentence
befall
verb
- It's sad to think of the unhappy fate that befell him.
- The drought was only one of many hardships to befall the small country.
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But the storm is only the latest misery to befall the town.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
13 Sep. 2023
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There’s a valid reason for the pall that befell the NBA upon this news.
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Jeff Zillgitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Oct. 2019
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Some experts fear this is a dark omen of a fate that could befall Kyiv.
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Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2022
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If the same fate befalls a Covid-19 vaccine, the virus could remain with us for many years.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN,
3 May 2020
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The worry now is that the same fate will befall Ukraine once these Games conclude.
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Kurt Streeter,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2022
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Alley had captured the full scope of what had befallen the Panay and those aboard it.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN,
26 May 2023
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That fate might have befallen the show had it been cancelled in the early 80's.
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Bill Carter,
CNN,
21 Dec. 2019
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Or when the game was close, and some basic blunder befell them.
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chicagotribune.com,
26 Sep. 2019
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Charmeau wants to ensure the same fate does not befall Europe.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
20 July 2018
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Much has been made of the fate that befalls large sporting arenas after the Olympics are over.
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Justin Klawans, The Week Us,
theweek,
25 Apr. 2024
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Her death marked the second tragedy that befell her siblings.
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Adam Ferrise,
cleveland,
29 Feb. 2020
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Many outside Hong Kong now fear what will befall Asia’s world city.
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Laignee Barron/hong Kong,
Time,
21 Nov. 2019
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Whittington doesn't want to see that scenario befall the class of 2021.
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Ron Haggstrom,
Star Tribune,
17 Aug. 2020
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And yet, that’s exactly the fate the plant doesn’t want to befall its progeny.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2022
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But that doesn't even come close to the shenanigans that befell Chrissy Teigen and John Legend last night.
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Katherine J. Igoe,
Marie Claire,
10 Apr. 2019
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To be a parent is to live in a state of love and terror, knowing all that could befall your children.
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Kelley Manley,
Marie Claire,
23 Aug. 2021
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The band looked remarkably recovered after the fates that befall some of them in the film.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2022
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What sanctions will befall those who color outside the lines of their grants?
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Jan Hoffman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2023
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That fate befell Coos Bay over a decade ago, when Howard worked there as the city’s finance director.
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oregonlive,
24 Apr. 2023
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The flash flood is the latest in a long line of unfortunate events to befall the music legend.
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Phil Boucher,
PEOPLE.com,
13 July 2021
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None of those seem to be his fault, merely circumstances that can befall us all.
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Mark Deeks,
Forbes,
18 July 2022
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Someone notes the rare silence that has befallen the kitchen — this gumbo is good.
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Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2024
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For Moscow, the havoc befalling the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh marks a loss of prestige.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
28 Sep. 2023
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However, The Nun 2 suffers from a dilemma befalling many a midquel: It’s boxed in by canon.
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Vulture,
8 Sep. 2023
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Lam’s was just one of many eye-raising deaths to befall the Cecil Hotel since its opening in 1927.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2021
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Stop the embarrassment that has befallen the people in his district in the state of New York.
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Virginia Chamlee,
Peoplemag,
17 Nov. 2023
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But Jimmy Chin is the exception, filming his climb, avalanches, injuries, and near-fatal setbacks that befall the voyage.
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Eric Farwell and Chris Bellamy,
EW.com,
17 Aug. 2024
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Only the chance discovery of the newborn by a milkman saved him from the infanticide that befell other such unwanted babies.
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Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Aug. 2024
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