be afflicted with

Specifically, the court ruled that a person could not be criminally punished for being a narcotics addict, which would be like making it a crime “to be mentally ill, or a leper, or to be afflicted with a venereal disease.”

I didn’t quit it while watching a former NFL player who became a friend become one of several dozen retired players to be afflicted with ALS, that incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disease that football players are four times more likely to develop than other adult men.

The accounts shed a harsh light on apparent morale and communications breakdowns within Russian occupying forces that could have broad implications for the course of the war, should units elsewhere be afflicted with similar problems.

This is a movie where everyone seems to be afflicted with a severe case of the stupids.

They must not be afflicted with human flaws.