Sentence examples for special affliction from inspiring English sources

Life in Desperance is completely segregated, including the drinking, a favorite sport for both sides but a special affliction for Aborigines, who for decades have experienced high rates of alcoholism and alcohol-related violence.

Some of that interest may have been personal, since 'melancholy' was widely taken to be a special affliction of the learned, a point that puts some of Hume's discussion of the emotional effects of skepticism in context.

Chinese newspapers devote special attention to the affliction known as wangyin, or Internet addiction.

Chinese newspapers devote special attention to the affliction known as wangyin, or Internet addiction.

None of those differences are considered afflictions, disabilities, special needs or delays.

He would take special care to avoid the afflictions of the Johnson Administration in its last years.

And then there are books like 'An Imperial Affliction,' which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal".

Torturing my own analogy, this is tantamount to claiming that cancer is just one of many afflictions -- "Gee, we all get sick sometimes" -- and that special efforts to treat and cure cancer are somehow inappropriate and offensive.

The important difference with today is the premium now put on psychological trauma, which has risen up through the ranks of afflictions to such pole position that it confers its own special status on those who confess to it - and turns that confession, even, into a covert boast.

Because of his affliction, and because of his dependence on his brother, his recollections carry special weight, poignance and, sometimes, humor.

The controversial ruling could make it harder for people with afflictions such as carpal-tunnel syndrome (repetitive-strain injury) to get special treatment from their employers.The Bush administration said it may need to resume underground nuclear testing at some point to maintain the safety of its scaled-back nuclear-weapons arsenal.