Sentence examples for afflicted about from inspiring English sources

Like an influenza outbreak, the laughter epidemic was so severe that it required the closing of at least 14 schools and afflicted about 1,000 people.

When it comes to conservatives with actual power, however, there's an alternative, more cynical view of their motivations — namely, that it's all about comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted, about giving more to those who already have a lot.

As baby boomers grow older and live longer, there could be 14 million afflicted — about triple what it is now — by 2030 if we don't find a means of prevention and treatment.

The health outcome (psychological distress) afflicted about 12%% of respondents in each of the two settings (Table  1 and Appendix).

It is a synthetic version of the naturally occurring coagulation protein that is missing or deficient in people with hemophilia A, an ailment that afflicts about 13,000 Americans.

Migraine, a neurological disease, afflicts about 1 in 10 Americans.

It afflicts about 34,000 people a year and kills 8,000.

It afflicts about 100 babies a year, rendering them unable to process the amino acid leucine.

By contrast, it afflicts about 100,000 dogs a year in the United States.

Nationwide, nickel allergy afflicts about 3 percent of men and nearly 20 percent of women.

Malawi has not been spared this scourge, which currently afflicts about 12percentt of its people.