| The sirocco of North Africa can afflict the vineyards of southern Europe, occasionally reaching France. |
| All the loathsome diseases were gathered into this moat to afflict the forgers and falsifiers. |
| He had yet to be diagnosed with the Parkinson's disease that would afflict his old age and he was still fighting. |
| As you refuse to hearken to the voice of common sense, and afflict yourself with a megrim, I leave you to your fate. |
| The financial deregulation he champions has led directly to the predatory, usurious lending practices that afflict the working poor. |
| Admittedly, these conditions afflict a very small proportion of the population. |
