affliction

Example Sentences

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Now that they are defanged, these countries’ remaining afflictions don’t threaten Americans or occupy the attention of senior U.S. national security officials.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beyond entertainment, Shepard devoted herself to raising awareness for sickle cell anemia after a friend died of the affliction.

From Los Angeles Times

But lately, it is drawing attention for those drugs’ success at clearing a more familiar affliction: acne.

From Barron's

For Belichick, they say, it's part love of the game, part love for coaching, and part an affliction that has ailed many great sports figures: an inability to know when to say goodbye.

From BBC

Wherever they went, they were offered baptism, and some in their affliction converted and stayed behind, but very few.

From Literature