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) |
befall | befell | befallen |
Verb-es(Ves) | Verb-ing(Ving) |
befalls | befalling |
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.