Sentence Examples

1. It was hard to explain to people why I needed to imbibe so much without telling them about my affliction.
2. He got up as well as he was able and reached the house of his friend, who as yet knew nothing of his misfortune, but seeing him come pale, worn, and haggard, perceived that he was suffering some heavy affliction.
3. I had spent some time studying contracts, several centuries ago, to try to better understand my particular brand of the affliction Phoebe had referred to.
4. If thy beauty despises me, if thy worth is not for me, if thy scorn is my affliction, though I be sufficiently long-suffering, hardly shall I endure this anxiety, which, besides being oppressive, is protracted.
5. I have heard the forest moan like mortal men in their affliction often, and again, have I listened to the wind playing its music in the branches of the girdled trees and I have heard the lightning cracking in the air like the snapping of blazing brush as it spitted forth sparks and forked flames but never have I thought that I heard more than the pleasure of him who sported with the things of his hand.
6. The Protectress spoke at great length with her Healer to try to understand how the affliction affected the people and where it might lead.
7. In the midst of her despair, a new affliction overtook her.