afflictions
- plural of affliction.
Example Sentences
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That same year, a landmark book, "Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality," by Wilkinson appeared, which expounded on these concepts.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022
Afflictions like burnout that can decrease job performance are increasingly just part of the description of being a health care worker.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2022
Afflictions of the liver, digestive system, endocrine system, cardiovascular, general weight problems etc should occur less often.
From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2013
Woe Is Syphilis, and Other Afflictions of the Literati The old Irishman was a swollen, wheezing mess, wildly out of control, kidneys failing, heart fibrillating.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2012
But yet our Afflictions may come under a further Consideration with us: There is a further Cause of our Afflictions, whose due must be given him.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
