afflict
IPA: ʌfɫˈɪkt
verb
- (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
- (obsolete) To make low or humble.
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Examples of "afflict" in Sentences
- I was severly afflicted by the pain.
- He was afflicted by the destitue environment.
- The policy succeeded to soothe the afflicted.
- The snake represents an affliction of the ego.
- Outcome is dictated by the intensity of the affliction.
- By the end of the year, he was afflicted with dysentery.
- The afflicted are often fretful, irritable, and voraciously hungry.
- At this instance the nursery was afflicted by the prevalence of ophthalmia.
- At this instance, the nursery was afflicted by the prevalence of ophthalmia.
- It's stated goal was to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.
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