Sentence examples for as being afflicted from inspiring English sources

As one of his colleagues described it, Hohmann wanted to avoid being dirtied by the stain of primatology — a discipline regarded by some in biology as being afflicted by personality cults and overextrapolation.

I like to think of people who have this blind devotion to any product brand as being afflicted by "Brand Psychosis".

As graduation nears, college students, too, find themselves struggling to finish projects, turn in assignments and keep their grades up -- otherwise known as being afflicted with senioritis.

He writes as a humanist, trying to understand Mary as a suffering human being afflicted with a difficult son.

One resident went so far as to liken the fumes to being afflicted by pepper spray.

(About four times as many women as men are afflicted).

Walters believes politicians have a legitimate interest in ensuring taxpayers' cash is used efficiently, especially as associations are afflicted by "market failure".

She made waves in international cricket when she averaged nearly 75 runs per innings in the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand, though she could play in just three matches as she was afflicted with jaundice.

Mr. Santo Domingo, who consolidated his holdings as Colombia was afflicted by some of Latin America's worst violence, sold big stakes in some of his companies in recent years as the waning of Colombia's long internal war lured foreign investors back.

Unfortunately he has little other than arcane punctuation to get excited about, as he is afflicted with a rare form of muscular wasting disease for which the medical consensus of the 1950s is that he should stay in bed and not move for the rest of his life.

Unless the negative emotion becomes predominant, the overall effect of a well-written tragedy will be an audience "pleased in proportion as they are afflicted" (OT 258).