ill-affected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I suffer for their guilt now, and my soul, Like one that looks on ill-affected eyes, Is hurt with mere intention on their follies.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
While Charles had been busy in Germany, Louis had taken the opportunity to put down, one by one, the great nobles who had shown themselves ill-affected.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
“His name is Benden, and the folks be but ill-affected to him for his hard ways and sorry conditions.”
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
He is cunning in men, not to surprise, but keep his own, and beats off their ill-affected humours no otherwise than if they were flies.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
As it proved, both the officers and men of the navy were as ill-affected to James as were those of the army.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
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