12. STRICKEN

                 

  • Definition: Afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow. Hit or wounded.
  • Pronunciation: Stri-kn.
  • Part of speech:  Adjective.
  • Original sentence: The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare, hung on the bricks.
  • New sentence:  The deer had been stricken by an arrow.