afflict

Example Sentences

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Yet the performance is mostly one of heartbreaking reserve; her occasional voiceover comes in short, spare declarations from Carol’s diary on the latest dreadfulness to afflict the town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

Her purpose: “to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024

But this is not the sort of series that will leave evil unpunished or afflict the good with senseless tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

I sometimes wonder which of these will afflict me, later; because I know one of them will.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood