Examples of 'afflicts' in a sentence

Meaning of "afflicts"

afflict (verb): to cause pain, suffering, or trouble to someone or something. It is often used in the context of describing the impact of diseases, troubles, or challenges on individuals. The term 'afflict' can also convey a sense of hardship or distress
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict

How to use "afflicts" in a sentence

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When time afflicts a limb with pain.
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him.
Communication apprehension afflicts millions of people worldwide.
It afflicts predominantly males of middle age.
The same malady afflicts you today.
What afflicts your brother is not disease.
The scourge of sickness afflicts us at its whim.
This afflicts just one in ten thousand.
The scourge of gun violence afflicts millions.
Poverty afflicts over half the population.
From the spirit that afflicts you.
Depression afflicts one in every six people.
They are victims of a malaise which afflicts us all.
This mentality afflicts a lot of young people.
Afflicts over two million people.

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In his navigational systems afflicts him with.
That afflicts us and makes us sad.
And this too afflicts us all.
Polio afflicts more adults than people think.
Premenstrual syndrome afflicts millions of women.
It is a measure of the disease which afflicts us.
Lying afflicts all age groups.
About his inequality that afflicts the humanity.
Depression afflicts millions of people worldwide every year.
We do not know what afflicts her.
Infertility afflicts millions of couples around the world.
We have to glean what afflicts him.
Discrimination afflicts every society both directly and indirectly.
It caused the disease that afflicts our community.
It still afflicts my conscience terribly.
It is not blood lust wnich afflicts these animals.
It afflicts kings and princes.
One disease that afflicts the entire world.
Is a temporary antidote to what afflicts him.
If it is seen by women it afflicts them with an unexpected ailment.
Little comforts us because little afflicts us.
Gluten intolerance afflicts millions of people.
It takes time to let go of what afflicts us.
Disorder afflicts the land.
We have to gIean what afflicts him.
Osteoporosis afflicts a large proportion of the elderly in developed countries.
The unreason that afflicts my reason.
It afflicts most of the population.
It is but a hint of the misery that afflicts my planet.
Death afflicts all creation.
Tell me what sorrow so afflicts you.
Chronic pain afflicts upwards of one in three adults worldwide.
This common pathogenic microorganism afflicts the immunosuppressed.
It has consequences on every aspect of the lives of those it afflicts.
A terrible drought afflicts the land.

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