Sentence examples for afflicts not only from inspiring English sources

The phrase "afflicts not only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact of something that affects multiple subjects or groups.
Example: "The disease afflicts not only the elderly but also younger individuals."
Alternatives: "impacts not just" or "affects more than".

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I would point out that this malaise afflicts not only Thailand but most, if not all, countries.

This addiction afflicts not only consumers of our Mediathons but also those of us who write about them.

The event will also educate visitors about arthritis, which afflicts not only millions of American adults, but more than 300,000 children as well.

The problem afflicts not only those countries which collaborated with Hitler but even those which suffered terribly under him.One reason is that the Holocaust was a taboo subject in communist countries for decades after the war.

Lewis Sullivan's encroaching sense of blankness and unreality has a distinctly Jungian cast: having lived his life according to a preordained template, he is gradually being engulfed by a crisis of identity that afflicts not only his ability to see the meaning of things but to process information about the world he lives in.

The malaise created by unstable money afflicts not only the economy but all of society.

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Harsh cold, heavy snow and freezing rain afflicted not only China's eastern and central regions, but also its south, which is usually spared winter's worst.

Mr. Harrington does this more successfully than Dr. Kolko, whose prose is afflicted not only with academic blight but also with creeping ideology.

Terrorism and laxity, it seems, afflict not only foreigners with different complexions and religions, but -- in exceptional cases -- perhaps also those with white lab coats and military haircuts.

But poor Nick Scott Schaferr) is doubly afflicted: not only is he Jan's husband and must endure Trevor's guilty confession about their harmless dalliance, but he also has a wrenched back.

Besides the ongoing medical problems faced by many former hostages, the deep psychological wounds afflict not only them and their loved ones, but also an entire community.

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