Sentence examples for had afflicted him from inspiring English sources

He was crippled by a depression that had afflicted him since university.

The American doctor, Frederick A. Cook, wrote in his journal that a "spell of indifference" had afflicted him and his shipmates.

"The timing of the interview and the irony of his life ending from none of the things that had afflicted him through his whole lifetime was just really impactful," Mr. Levine said.

One of the people she wrote about was a Tulane medical school student who donated tissue from his own tumor to study a rare form of cancer that had afflicted him.

[C8.] Taking On Health Care's Red Tape Jeff Margolis, left, got the idea for his company from witnessing first hand the inefficiencies of the health care system from his experience with a disorder that had afflicted him since he was 19.

More significantly, according to Rowe, Larkin's invention of Coleman was the catalyst which broke the writing block that had afflicted him for most of his Oxford years.

That, however, is not the Dubliner's style, as the putting woes that have afflicted him for close to two years continue to gnaw away.

The work, he said, keeps him focused on fun and helps him deal with the barriers he faces as a result of his condition, which has afflicted him since birth.

Sir Henry Cecil, the winning trainer, missed seeing Frankel for the first time as he recovers from his latest round of chemotherapy for the stomach cancer that has afflicted him for six years.

Various health problems have afflicted him in recent years, and Joba Chamberlain added a tattoo to his left arm during the off-season that commemorated the dates of a recent illness.

He rejoined 5.9secs behind after another slow pit stop, something that has afflicted him this season more often than Rosberg.