afflictive

Example Sentences

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The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature."

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2019

L’Heureux’s own expertise is in our sites of afflictive potential.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

This of course was in direct violation of the General’s orders, but was no less afflictive to the poor sufferers on this account.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2019

Under the most trying circumstances and afflictive dispensations a calm holy resignation to the will of God added a brighter lustre to his exalted qualities.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

Nay, ourselves suffer with many an afflictive stroke, whose cause, too, seems hidden from us, and to contradict the very character of the God we know.

From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Jennings, Frederick Charles