Sentence examples for afflicted much from inspiring English sources

Since then it has been steadily cutting rates to keep the economy away from the slowdown that has afflicted much of Continental Europe.

Their leverage had never been better, and, for the most part, they'd been able to spare their group the cuts in pay and the layoffs that had afflicted much of the rest of the firm.

THE real estate markets of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island are suffering from the housing downturn that has afflicted much of the country, and yet they still have some pockets of strength.

But after too many homes were built and prices had climbed beyond any rational connection to local incomes, Boise suffered the same punishing pullback that has afflicted much of the country.

It avoided the severe slump that afflicted much of the European periphery, then had a fairly strong recovery: As you can see, growth has faltered more recently, largely due to fiscal austerity plus the puzzling decision to emulate the ECB and raise interest rates in 2011.

Cheap water has come to be taken for granted by most people in the UK – it falls out of the sky often enough, as the Jubilee weekend reminded people – but that cannot last if we are to avoid damaging droughts like the one that has afflicted much of England this spring, according to ICE.

A similar implausibility afflicts much of the story's detail.

One reason for this may be the parochialism that afflicts much of Taiwan's media.

Yet it is not immune to the violence afflicting much of the Arab world.

The problem is fundamental because the speculative cycle afflicts much of the world.

Yet the political chaos and violence afflicting much of the rest of North Africa continues to creep across Tunisian borders.