Sentence examples for afflict him from inspiring English sources

The clinical insanity that seems to afflict him onscreen is itself a form of subversion.

Tactically, what was unexpected was that he came to the net so often; emotionally, that nerves seemed to afflict him after 10 previous Grand Slam finals.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger had one of his famous attacks of myopia that always seems to afflict him when one of his players is accused of something controversial.

That in itself presents them with a tricky dilemma, because playing for a draw is a dangerous game, especially if Petr Cech has another one of the brain melts that only seem to afflict him when playing for his country.

After missing two set points on the Chardy serve at 3-5, Murray duly fired a pair of aces to hold to love and take the first set with little sign of the problems that would soon afflict him.

Despite suffering crippling bouts of acute asthma that were to afflict him throughout his life, he excelled as an athlete, enjoying swimming, football, golf, and shooting; while also becoming an "untiring" cyclist.

Morbid shyness afflicted him through life.

It seemed not to be sightlessness that afflicted him, though.

Touring, however, afflicts him with qualms of conscience.

He has never publicly revealed what type of cancer afflicted him.

No doctor he saw was able to say what afflicted him.