Sentence examples for afflicts a small from inspiring English sources

This problem afflicts a small minority of the people who have tried methamphetamines, but most of the law-enforcement officials and politicians who lead the war against drugs.

(A third type, gestational diabetes, afflicts a small number of pregnant women. It usually vanishes after the birth, though it increases the woman's risk of developing Type 2).

Although he doesn't have a research area in mind yet, he generally envisions himself becoming an expert in one very specific disease that afflicts a small group of patients.

This is the result of severe weather on the grape harvest, left, but what is noteworthy is that this has not just afflicted a small geographical area, but extends as far apart as France and Argentina, or Hungary and New Zealand.

When it comes to gangs in Chicago — where gun violence afflicts a very small percentage of the population, but intensely — he likes the idea of trained "interrupters," who intervene with members after a violent incident to prevent retaliation.

Schizophrenia afflicts an even smaller percentage of Americans, roughly 1.1% of U.S. adults in any 12-month period.

GS-MAD afflicts only a small sliver of the frequent-flying élite.

While JC virus is highly prevalent in the human population, PML is a rare disease that exclusively afflicts only a small percentage of immunocompromised individuals including those affected by HIV (AIDS) or immunosuppressive drugs.

Representative Adam H. Putnam of Florida, chairman of the House Republican Conference, equated the bill with using "a sledgehammer on a gnat," saying it was an exaggerated response to a problem afflicting a relatively small percentage of people.

Then it's off to the reportedly afflicted spot, a small pond of water near the intersection of Luten Avenue and Hylan Boulevard.

Born Hildegard Mannekind, she was afflicted with a small tail, which came to prominence in her notorious Greenwich performance 'The Tail of Asbestos'.