Sentences for Befall, Sentences with Befall Meaning and Synonym Words

Sentences for Befall, Sentences with Befall Meaning and Synonym Words

befall

Meanings;

  • (of something bad) happen to someone.(transitive verb)
Verb(V1)Past Tense(V2)Past Participle(V3)
befallbefellbefallen
Verb-es(Ves)Verb-ing(Ving)
befallsbefalling
Synonyms

happen to, overtake, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike, be visited on,

Example Sentences with befall
  • When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
  • The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.
  • Clichés so often befall vain people.
  • If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.