Sentence examples for becoming afflicted from inspiring English sources

The prime minister called on Indian scientists to curb the large number of advanced degrees "of indifferent quality" being awarded by the nation's universities and to avoid "becoming afflicted with the [bureaucratic] culture of our government agencies".

He developed liver cancer after becoming afflicted with hepatitis.

A traditional story from western Arnhem Land tells of Black Cockatoo and her husband Crow, who are Bird-people, sprouting black feathers after becoming afflicted with a sickness from across the sea to the north.

But these are our version of low-level "care in the community", the sad are becoming oddly co-morbid (afflicted with the same sorts of diseases) with the mad.

The findings of this experiment will be published in Stem Cell Research in March.Another trick made possible by iPS cells is to derive them from patients with specific ailments particularly ailments with a genetic component and then nudge the induced cells into becoming the type of cell afflicted by that ailment.

Of the many joys and miseries that buoyed or afflicted Oscar Wilde's soul, becoming a practicing Catholic was not one.

The book cites a powerful attraction between them; Steinberg's eagerness to either hide or make over Sigrid once she developed a druggie, hippie style; their endless breakups and makeups; and the deep depression that afflicted both, with Sigrid becoming an especially lost soul.

It is rapidly becoming a global pandemic, projected to afflict one in 20 people by the year 2025, secondary to population aging and obesity (Alberti et al 2004).

Here he began to cast off the shyness and reserve which afflicted him, joining the local militia, becoming a regular contributor to the college magazine, and becoming leader of the Victoria College debating society.

By Hilton Als Of the many joys and miseries that buoyed or afflicted Oscar Wilde's soul, becoming a practicing Catholic was not one.

Disorders of the central nervous system are not only challenging to resolve but among the most burdensome to the afflicted and to their caregivers, and are rapidly becoming a major factor in the economics of health care.