befellA contemporary chronicler opined (in the annal for 1011) that 'all those disastersbefellus through bad policy (unraeligdas)'.From theCambridge English CorpusIn this sense the divorce was treated as a misfortune thatbefellthe entire family, and they had to be close to get through it.From theCambridge English CorpusMany industrialists found it almost impossible to concede that harmbefelltheir employees as a direct consequence of their employment.From theCambridge English CorpusSeveral downtown buildings collapsed as flood waters ate away at their rotting foundations, and no doubt a similar fatebefella number of cheaply built houses of the poorer refugees.From theCambridge English CorpusDewey did not predict the changes thatbefellhis progressive colleagues so soon after his departure.From theCambridge English CorpusIn many cases, they badly miscalculated and disasterbefellthem.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He referred to corruption, which was part of the tragedy whichbefellthe nation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We cannot say that tonight because of the tragedy whichbefellus recently.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That was the tragic end thatbefella man who, according to his friends, was intelligent and articulate, albeit that he had strong idiosyncratic views.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I, too, deplore the untimely fate whichbefellthe imaginative attempt to get that surrender policy under way.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I believe that the urbanization of our population and our country was the greatest misfortune thatbefellus since the last war.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It was something of a catastrophe thatbefellthe farmers and landowners in that part of the country.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Obviously the manufacturers were eager to realise their stock, lest worse thingsbefellthem.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Unfortunately, he is still suffering from the effects of the accident whichbefellhim last year, and is not yet fit to travel.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is as natural that they should seek to ensure that such a disaster asbefelltheir loved ones should not recur.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/befell##
