- present participle of afflict.
afflicting
Example Sentences
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He explains how he believes Alcaraz’s tragic death likely came to be and how officers have become desensitized to issues afflicting America’s prisons.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Moreover, they are a nuisance in dense urban neighborhoods, afflicting residents with the omnipresent hum of compressors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
What follows are the factors afflicting each region or market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
We are still beset by plain diseases, and we do not control them; they are loose on their own, afflicting us unpredictably and haphazardly.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
