Sentence examples similar to afflicted by misfortune from inspiring English sources

In every society there are those tortured by their own mind--individuals born mentally ill or afflicted by mental illness after suffering a grave misfortune.

Could Rosenbaum possibly claim that that mom would have consoled herself with the thought that things could be worse, that she could have the even greater misfortune to live in a vibrant, industrialized Jewish homeland that's afflicted by a toxic, bellicose, backward neighbor which sometimes lobs rudimentary rockets across the border?

Five million Americans are afflicted by the disease.

Others are afflicted by various gastrointestinal illnesses.

It is also afflicted by Roosevelt envy.

Yet that relationship is afflicted by a unique pathology.

So many are still afflicted by economic deprivation.

The number of persons afflicted by dementia has increased steadily.

Body odour is no joke for those afflicted by it.

Afflicted by shyness, Cunningham would hide from customers, too.

They may indeed have been afflicted by a sudden incapacity.