How to use "afflicted" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "afflicted" in popular movie and book plots

  • At about this time, Honda is afflicted by pains which he does nothing about for months.  - The Decay of the Angel
  • Morgan, who is afflicted with heart trouble, advises Pemberton to escape his family's baleful influence.  - The Pupil (short story)
  • Later on, the afflicted girls accuse Susanna's mother and father of being witches, even though she told no one about what Ann said to her.  - A Break with Charity
  • Nicolae mounts horseback, preparing to attack the Rebels at the Temple Mount before the horses are afflicted with a flesh-dissolving plague.  - Glorious Appearing
  • Maling is afflicted with an unusual medical affliction which his doctors label "borborygmi" and his friends label "tummy rumbles".  - Alas, Poor Maling
  • Each colonist lives in ous own individual cell, travelling between them only via transmat, creating a population afflicted with agoraphobia.  - Three's a Crowd (radio)
  • Seur Chong, however, is afflicted with the Dragon's Curse, and he must slay a blue dragon in order to survive.  - Dragon Hunter
  • Brain Powerd is set in a future time in which Earth has been afflicted by earthquakes and floods.  - Brain Powerd
  • He systematically kills the entire crew, making it appear as if they were afflicted with plague.  - Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • After the death of Darken Rahl and planning his wedding to Kahlan, Richard is afflicted by a series of painful headaches.  - Stone of Tears
  • This man is not one of those afflicted by the "white sickness"—rather he has been blind since birth.  - Blindness (novel)
  • The afflicted are segregated from the main camp in plague tents.  - Deadwood (TV series)
  • His first task is to free the giant tree Ra from the parasite he is afflicted with.  - Terranigma
  • It is discovered the illness that Yuji is afflicted with is the key to help destroying the Blue and taking back the planet.  - Blue Gender
  • They fling their afflicted bodies at him, demanding miracle cures and divine secrets.  - Monty Python's Life of Brian
  • Even the afflicted seem to annoy him.  - Fawlty Towers

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