Thesaurus / affliction
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The idea that a lack of certain trace elements causes common afflictions was established by nutritionists starting in the 19th century.
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This affliction is rising in younger Americans, but it typically strikes adults older than 65.
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For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.
I have borne me up against affliction, till my o'ercharged bosom can contain no longer.
THE BATTLE OF HEXHAM;GEORGE COLMAN
It is an insult to them to leave them to join in pleasure from which their recent affliction excludes them.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
The smoking furnace symbolized the people of Israel who were to be tried in the iron furnace of affliction in Egypt.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAM
If, after affliction, your friends call before you are able to see them, do not fear to give offence by declining to receive them.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
In paying your visits of condolence, show, by your own quiet gravity, that you sympathize in the recent affliction of your friend.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
I loaned thee three hundred; but on account of thy affliction I would pay thee more than I would another man.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
My affliction does not enter into the case, but I shall certainly advise her against such an unfair transaction as that.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
WORDS RELATED TO AFFLICTION
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad omen
- bane
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- downfall
- error
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- last straw
- misadventure
- miscalculation
- mischance
- mishap
- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
- reverse
- ruin
- ruination
- shame
- slip
- smash
- stumble
- subversion
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- visitation
- weakness
- wreck
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- puniness
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakliness
- weakness
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- puniness
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakliness
- weakness
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- puniness
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakness
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