Sentence examples for Was afflicted by from inspiring English sources

(Poor Tom Sawyer was afflicted by it in the classroom).

In 2009, the island was afflicted by periodic droughts and wells sometimes ran dry.

But Little was afflicted by a sense of "life-altering loss".

Leopoldine was afflicted by terrible leg pains and eventually went blind.

When he was young, he was afflicted by a speech impediment.

And I was afflicted by the paltriness of this present from my father to his wife.

Southwestern China was afflicted by one of the most serious droughts in decades.

Medieval Britain was afflicted by numerous famines, and France suffered the effects of 75 or more in the same period.

He lived much of his life with his sister, was afflicted by drink problems and died unmarried.

During a dry run, however, the astronomers discovered that the telescope's new receiver was afflicted by a mysterious electrical buzz.

At Wimbledon, she was afflicted by a stomach virus, which she disclosed after losing in three sets to Capriati.