afflict

Example Sentences

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So why not expect a similar awful fate to afflict China as the aftershocks of its 2020 real-estate crash reverberate?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 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

Their bosses tell them to afflict both sides.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 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