afflict
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In Migraine Revelations Afflict Michelle Bachmann’s Campaign, John Rennie argues this is not necessarilly a disqualifying thing for her if one understands migraines.
From Scientific American • Jul. 22, 2011
Afflict thyself with me, and gather unto me all swimming creatures that live in thee.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
But thought of Bharat's523 pain and toil, And my dear spouse the giant's spoil, Afflict my tortured heart and press My spirit down with heaviness.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
"Afflict you?" said I, at last; "I come to tell you what, now that I am here, I cannot tell——" There I stopped.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
Does her loved Ráma's exile so Afflict her with the fires of woe?”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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