Befalls is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Befalls meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of befall
Using Befalls
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of befall
- In the example corpus, befalls often appears in combinations such as: befalls us.
Context around Befalls
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Befalls
- In this selection, "befalls" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, focus, tragedy, calamity, older and tessa stand out and add context to how "befalls" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tragedy befalls cj she and and as befalls all those. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "befalls" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with befalls
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aside from the behavior, clothing is where all the focus befalls on. (12 words)
Therefore, let us be determined to remain grateful and patient and to praise Allah regardless of what befalls us. (19 words)
Believing that Dorian means to harm Sibyl, James hesitates to leave, and promises vengeance upon Dorian if any harm befalls her. (21 words)
The Young and the Restless spoilers for the Monday July 30, 2018 episode of the CBS soap promise a boatload of soapy angst as tensions rise between family members, a certain blond vixen toys with her towel, and a mystery calamity befalls Tessa. (43 words)
And as befalls all those who succumb to the Siren’s call of easy money (or easy cabbage), it doesn’t take long for the pusher to become the addict. (30 words)
Most of the stories in the books have a plot that leaves the readers to decide on their own the horror fate that befalls the cast. (26 words)
Example sentences (10)
Aside from the behavior, clothing is where all the focus befalls on.
When a tragedy befalls CJ, she and Sebastian will do whatever it takes to turn back time to save someone they love (and have lost).
And as befalls all those who succumb to the Siren’s call of easy money (or easy cabbage), it doesn’t take long for the pusher to become the addict.
Therefore, let us be determined to remain grateful and patient and to praise Allah regardless of what befalls us.
While death far more often befalls older people with the illness, the number of young people contracting the disease locally has risen in recent weeks.
Most of the stories in the books have a plot that leaves the readers to decide on their own the horror fate that befalls the cast.
The Young and the Restless spoilers for the Monday July 30, 2018 episode of the CBS soap promise a boatload of soapy angst as tensions rise between family members, a certain blond vixen toys with her towel, and a mystery calamity befalls Tessa.
Believing that Dorian means to harm Sibyl, James hesitates to leave, and promises vengeance upon Dorian if any harm befalls her.
Ecclesiastes : "For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other.
The inscription on his tombstone begins with the words, “A great and dark horror befalls us from the hiding of the light of Rabbeinu..
Common combinations with befalls
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- befalls us 2×