| Article 27: Imprisonment for debt, life imprisonment, afflictive punishments, proscriptive penalties and all forms of torture are prohibited. |
| In the canonical literature, afflictive tendencies resulting from the accumulation of residual habits are seen as a pervasive aspect of the mental life even for the Buddhist adept. |
| Above all, it should never be confused with the ordinary, afflictive emotions. |
| The glorious results of the campaign of 1781 were, however, associated with an event most afflictive to her. |
| His death was a terrible calamity, as well as a most afflictive bereavement. |
| I have just been informed that the House of Representatives has this instant adjourned under the most afflictive circumstances. |
