1838 lxii. 123 As the tower sapped by miners, the root-stricken tree, Your sudden destruction, ye wicked! shall be.
1860 C. Rossetti (1865) 189 Thou, root-striken, shalt not rebuild thy decay On my bosom for aye.
1925 E. Rickword (1991) 85 Root-stricken Fancy in an endless swoon dies but decays not.