has been afflicting
- present perfect progressive of afflict (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Multiply the intensity of that longing by seven to imagine the sort of withdrawal that has been afflicting the music industry for nearly a decade.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Now, though, the drought which has been afflicting this area means that fewer crops have survived, and there is no work for her.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2021
On Wednesday, the Rhode Island Health Department confirmed that a local child died last week from complications involving an unusual respiratory virus that has been afflicting children nationwide.
From Newsweek
In both, a disease has been afflicting the luscious fruit.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know not whether you will believe it, O king, but a strange thing has been afflicting me.
From Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
