afflict

Example Sentences

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Yet the performance is mostly one of heartbreaking reserve; her occasional voiceover comes in short, spare declarations from Carol’s diary on the latest dreadfulness to afflict the town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

Where since the 1980s, Father John Moretta has counseled parishioners at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights on the troubles that afflict their neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Her purpose: “to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024

Lustig sat down, and the three men let the wonder and terror of the thought afflict them.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury