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 am searching for the cause of the great drought which has been afflicting this country for the past two years.

From The Great Drought by Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul)