afflict

Example Sentences

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We see the brothers standing in the center, unharmed; the flames reaching out to afflict everyone around them; and the observers on high looking perplexed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Gross hallucinations — or are they? — will afflict them through the series.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

However distanced you may feel from these effects, it’s worth pointing out that historically, what happens to Black workers comes to afflict all of America.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

Their bosses tell them to afflict both sides.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024

My questions found no answers, and my thoughts continued to torment me until I feared that madness was beguming to afflict my brain.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein