“He suffered greatly from a most painful abscess in his side, yet he did not cease to travel and to preach, patiently enduring his affliction.”

“Mr. Pound has been recovering from an affliction. He has been sitting in his den listening to opera records all week.”

“But as we feel compassion for her, we can empathize with the sorrow and anxiety that gave rise to the affliction of alcohol dependency.”

“Their afflictions were of long standing, and they felt them to be irremediable.”

“In the furious first movement, Vivaldi unleashes these and other afflictions to music of staggering floridity.”

“She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions.”