afflict
Example Sentences
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Huntington’s disease afflicts about 40,000 patients in the U.S., and there are no current treatments that slow progression.
But if England can avoid the early scoreboard slippage that has afflicted them in the past matches and stick tight to the hosts, they may be rewarded.
From BBC
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times
The team have worked at finding ways to prevent the vibrations from the engine leading to failures in the batteries in the engine's hybrid system, which afflicted them during pre-season testing.
From BBC
The West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
