Sentence examples for were afflicted by from inspiring English sources

Even Washington and Jefferson were afflicted by second-termitis.

Americans, he found, were afflicted by a "strange melancholy... in the midst of their abundance".

Redknapp's men were afflicted by bad luck, but they also exasperated themselves.

That meant poring over statistics, calling field offices and checking data centers e to ensure none were afflicted by bugs.

When Mr. Fenty was elected in 2006, the schools were afflicted by patronage and bureaucrats who subverted reform.

The exodus is being led by young people, who are abandoning ageing towns and villages that were afflicted by economic decline and depopulation long before the disaster.

Five million Americans are afflicted by the disease.

Others are afflicted by various gastrointestinal illnesses.

Even the celebrity class has been afflicted by power loss.

But India is afflicted by something worse than inequality.

"Many people's lives are afflicted by worry," he said.