Sentence examples for usual afflictions from inspiring English sources

Just the usual afflictions of maturity.

"There are moral imponderables, such as whether insanity, temporary or permanent, is a more 'humane' military threat than the usual afflictions of war," E. James Lieberman, a psychiatric resident at Harvard, wrote in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

ISHERWOOD 'GORILLA MAN' The usual afflictions befalling teenage boys -- acne, scuffed skateboards, the indifference of that girl in homeroom -- pale in comparison to the plight of Billy, the hero of this pop musical by Kyle Jarrow.

The play has the bouncy humor of a quirky-family sitcom, but in this case the usual adolescent afflictions — acne and awkwardness, mean girls and cruel jocks — take a back seat to something larger, darker and more mysterious.

It's a common affliction.

Apparently that's a common affliction in my neighborhood.

A concert hall designed by Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect, which was to have opened there on the anniversary, has been delayed time and again by the usual money and organizational afflictions.

Now, back to the usual problems at the Metropolitan Opera as more mundane afflictions took over on Thursday night.

It's an affliction we could eradicate if we could manage a cold, hard look at business as usual, and decide -- we're just no longer comfortable with it.

The afflictions continue.

Washington's afflictions have deep, complex roots.