Sentence examples for he afflicts from inspiring English sources

God, we are told, loves little children, yet he afflicts some of them with this absurd genetic disease that causes them to age at a fantastic rate, wither away and most often die before enjoying a day of adulthood.

Thersites has received no shock to the system; nor is he afflicted by madness.

So he afflicted them with heavy burdens.

He took your punishment: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb [peacefully] to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

Isaiah 53 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

When he was young, he was afflicted by a speech impediment.

He is afflicted with what he refers to as a "butterfly mind".

He did until he was afflicted with a paresis of the vocal cords in 2010 that left him unable to sing a note.

Recalling the texture and warp of the looking‑glass world, I feel like the man whose migraines are long cured but who seeks to recall and record the visions he saw when he was afflicted.

It's known that he had brown eyes, that he was afflicted with fleas, that the last thing he ate was ibex.

He was afflicted for eight years, and although he briefly regained his No 1 world ranking he had been replaced at the summit of the sport by Phil "the Power" Taylor, whose own rise owed much to Bristow.