befalling in a sentence
Examples
- The economic crisis befalling Indonesia has been dragging on with no hint as to when it will be over.
- Customs officials are leery of charges that the tighter security alone is to blame for the hardship befalling border economies.
- Regular big stories include the Palestinian uprising against Israel and any misfortune befalling U . S . troops in Afghanistan.
- News of trouble befalling the advance of U . S . and allied forces into Iraqi territory weakened the market.
- It made extensive use of cliffhangers, with dramatic escapes, crimes and catastrophes befalling the prison and its inhabitants.
- She was warned that in case of any danger befalling the sons, she would be imprisoned once for all.
- In mid-June 2011, with the Canary Islands side his first year, with another team relegation befalling.
- Negative spirits are responsible for accidents, illnesses, and deaths befalling those who have had contact with their habitation.
- Perhaps the greatest problem befalling Moline in the second half of the 20th century was the farm crisis of the 1980s.
- His life since that time has been that of a normal aristocrat, with little out of the ordinary befalling him.