Sentence examples for could be afflicted from inspiring English sources

In the event of the outbreak of brown spot disease of rice, serious yield damage could be afflicted to the crop growing on Zn-deficient soils.

We realise that some of our colleagues within the specialties of neuroscience and psychology, who we suspect could be afflicted by the aforementioned bah humbug syndrome, would argue that studies such as the present one overemphasise the importance of localised brain activity and that attempts to localise complex emotions in the brain contribute little to the understanding of these emotions.

Were there ever any regrets on your part or the part of your siblings that boxing could have caused your father to be afflicted by Parkinson's?

When the tube was withdrawn I seemed to be afflicted with chronic asthma and could only breathe in short gasps.

Any old narcissist can be afflicted, and afflict others, with a conviction of being godlike.

You can also 'be afflicted by something' be afflicted by something.

Speech, breathing, and swallowing can be afflicted.

Younger cows were less likely to be afflicted with SCM.

Such socially undesirable behaviors can be afflicted by underreporting (40).

She was especially upset that Bob had not been moved to contact them in the wake of the deaths of his children — both had suffered from sudden arrhythmic death syndromes, a set of genetic conditions with which Francis could have unknowingly been afflicted.

She also called for more clarity on the issue of doping, in light of recent suggestions that Russian swimming could be as afflicted as track and field.