Example Sentences

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Still, he knew from Holyfield’s reaction that something worse than a punch was afflicting him.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

It's hard to know what was afflicting the president's top economic adviser, but something was.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2018

Early in the episode, House and his team would sit around a table kicking around the details of whatever mysterious ailment was afflicting their latest patient.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2018

And while she had little interest in the domestic aspects of womanhood—the drudgery that was afflicting American women with Betty Friedan’s “problem with no name”—she exalted her own vision of the feminine mystique.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016

Any fears I had that some deeper trouble was afflicting the Ford were laid to rest when I tried the ignition and heard the engine come to life with a healthy murmur.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro