Sentence examples for afflicting the from inspiring English sources

"Speaking truth to power means comforting the afflicted, and afflicting the comfortable.

Satire, like folk music and freedom songs, works best when it is comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

It is, if you like, a plan to comfort the afflicted while (slightly) afflicting the comfortable.

May we blossom every fifty years without afflicting the people.

High unemployment is also afflicting the euro zone, hurting consumers.

They also address the core anxiety now afflicting the public.

In the 1st century bce, Spain was involved in the civil wars afflicting the Roman world.

Mr. Scheiber regards the two other problems afflicting the Obama stimulus as self-inflicted ones.

The movie industry ought to be spared the piracy afflicting the music world.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are at odds over most of the conflicts afflicting the region.

Here he dwells exclusively on the problems afflicting the Price family.