Sentence examples for he was afflicted from inspiring English sources

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

For much of it, he was afflicted with cramps and vertigo and threw up.

Just one week after opening night, he was afflicted with a throat ailment and had to miss several performances.

I swear that for a second I thought he was afflicted by a terrible, frothing mutation of the scalp.

The old man walked slowly, the arthritis he was afflicted with in the small bones of both his feet a nuisance today.

Although he was afflicted for years by illness, his outlook was essentially one of appreciation for the life he was able to lead after coming home.

He is afflicted with loneliness.

It's because anxiety of the kind he is afflicted with is not a riddle.

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

He is afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the incurable neurological illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Worse, he's afflicted by a shaking problem and a weepy courtship style.