afflicted

Example Sentences

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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

The squad has also been afflicted by a sickness bug, which dramatically revealed itself in the quarter-final when Nathan MacKinnon threw up while sat on the bench.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

You’re no less afflicted if you’re a supporter who feels threatened when somebody says something negative about him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

He, like Demeter, was afflicted, not because of grief for another, as she was, but because of his own pain.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton