Sentence examples for afflicted to be from inspiring English sources

Listening to them, the question that appears in one's mind is, do we have to be afflicted to be enlightened?" Those who believe in the personhood of the embryo, and those who don't but who oppose creating an embryo for research, do not, of course, subscribe to Hoffman's view of enlightenment.

Mr. Callahan often defended his work with a shrug, saying simply that he thought it was funny, but he also said that people who were genuinely afflicted tended to be his fans.

Feminist author and historian Marilyn Yalom wrote that "Millett refuses the labels that would declare her insane", continuing "she conveys the paranoid terror of being judged cruelly by others for what seems to the afflicted person to be a reasonable act".

Still, if females are afflicted to a higher extent than males with diseases that are treated with prescription drugs, morbidity may still explain the gender difference in drug prescription.

In the event of the outbreak of brown spot disease of rice, serious yield damage could be afflicted to the crop growing on Zn-deficient soils.

All countries, of course, are afflicted to some degree with internal organized crime.

Jewish communities across Europe would be "greatly afflicted to see their cultural and religious freedom impeded", he added.

The result would be to afflict the afflicted, to make the lives of Americans with pre-existing conditions even harder.

Until then, the afflicted nations seemed to be in great shape, with high growth and low inflation.

"The result will be a greater separation of women and men, with tensions and recriminations afflicting beings once thought to be naturally companionable".

It was safer to be afflicted than accused.