affliction

IPA: ʌfɫˈɪkʃʌn

Examples of "affliction" in Sentences

The great thing we should dread in affliction is the wrath of God.
I think the affliction is the result of growing up in Long Island which is essentially a 100-mile-long strip mall.
It signifies a _trial_ or _probation_ and affliction, distress or hardship; and particularly an _affliction whereby one is tried, proved, or tested_.
The long and expensive illness which terminated the life of my dear father on the 19th of August 1823 has involved our family in affliction and distress.
Larsen: People who are really creative do use the term affliction, because it is like a daimon that has hold of you and it's where your energy comes from.
David, in affliction, is here pouring out his soul before God; his address is short, but the method is very observable, and of use for direction and encouragement.
Blindness, offering the title affliction as yet another way of undermining the social order and illustrating the standard dystopic notions of power corrupting basic moral principles.
Judah is in "affliction," but as I love her and am jealous for her, she has every reason to be encouraged in prosecuting the temple work. helped forward the affliction -- afflicted My people more than I desired.