afflicted

Example Sentences

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For example, acute myeloid leukemia—the disease that afflicted Kennedy family member Tatiana Schlossberg before she died in December—remains among the hardest to cure, frequently recurring despite intensive chemotherapy and transplantation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

I hope you are not afflicted, as I am, with the urge to struggle more than necessary, but if you are, this recipe is for you.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Their decision will likely transform the already heated debate over social media addiction as a concept, what role apps may play in engineering it, and whether individuals like Kaley can prove they’re afflicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This partly explains, Cembalest writes, the deindustrialization that has afflicted its economy so debilitatingly in the last few years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

On top of this, the winter of 1607/8 was unusually severe, with heavy falls of snow in Padua, and during March and April 1608 Galileo was severely afflicted with his arthritic complaint.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin