afflict

How to use afflict in a sentence

The first person to consult, the last to afflict—a mother—should not be the victim of her daughter's feelings.

Had this been done, I should not have been here to-night—we would have had none of the troubles which afflict the country now.

The grand policy of theologians is to blow hot and to blow cold, to afflict and to console, to frighten and to reassure.

It is from this peculiar mental constitution that arise the woes that now afflict you.

LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACH

The disordered currency of the country to which he belongs does not follow and afflict him abroad.

If her Majesty cannot beat me from her affection, I hope her sweet nature will think it no conquest to afflict me.'

Why, sir, how are we responsible for the slavery agitation that has produced all the evils and mischief which afflict the country?

The pains of separation, too, which afflict this mortal state, cannot exist in that "better country."

One of the common ailments which afflict poor humanity is rheumatism, a cause of endless suffering.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985