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Befall

Befall | Befallen | Befalls | Befalling

Befall meaning

To fall upon; fall all over; overtake. | To happen. | To happen to.

Example sentences (20)

Assassinations and mysterious deaths routinely befall high-profile Russians who fall out of favour with the Kremlin, but this option would cause more problems than it would solve for Putin, Bertina told Metro.

Christmas will soon befall as lights will line the centre after the official switch-on this Saturday.

He, one by one, lists off all the loves of his life that have had horrific fates befall them.

It's not uncommon for something strange to befall the Bat-Family, including getting a temporary power boost that unlocks a feral new form.

Sadly, no matter what Takemichi does, terrible atrocities continue to befall Hinata.

A naive Joseph doesn’t realize what people think of him, and Bertucci said hardships befall his character.

Apparently, Teamsters Union workers are on strike and calamity will soon befall the nation.

Is Nick Cannon saying that if a downstairs tragedy were to befall, his livelihood would suffer?

It was almost a master class in acting to see him cope with this travails that befall him, all handled with grace and dexterity.

On the day of the Flood, everyone except for Noah and his family got up thinking it was a typical Tuesday, Thursday, or whatever day it was, completely unaware of what would befall them.

That fate could befall many who are still in office today.

The latest car theft to befall Shensel came ahead of a daylong auto theft summit in Ottawa on Thursday that drew representatives from government, municipalities and law enforcement agencies.

The worrying health scare was just one of several to befall the former world leader, since he stepped down from office in 2001.

They also face danger of suffocating in narrow tunnels that connect pits, or burial from wall collapse—all fates Rabiu has seen befall other miners.

They quoted The Confession of St. Patrick, which reads: “May it never befall me to be separated by my God from his people whom he has won in this most remote land.

While certainly a roundabout route, it was nothing compared to the odyssey that would befall her in Bangkok.

But he says the joy at surviving coronavirus outweighs the damage to his limbs – and warned others that the same horror could befall them too.

Furthermore, all men are not the same and some can’t control their sexual urge whenever they see girls that dress seductively and they can go to any length to gratify their sexual urge without considering any consequences that may befall on them.

I briefly contemplated pocketing these stray hairs, believing there was likely a black market for this kind of thing, but I feared a curse would befall me had I done so.

If you are in the investor class, even if you’re “only” upper-middle class, it’s easy to feel financially and physically immune from biological and social misfortunes we quietly presume befall others.