afflict in a sentence

Examples

1. Plantar fasciitis can afflict anyone who participates in weight-bearing activities.
2. The same problem could easily afflict Chinese stocks that trade in London.
3. He thinks of how rotator cuff injuries usually afflict pitchers.
4. But it can include some incredible mental abilities in those it afflicts.
5. Alzheimer's afflicts as many as 4 million Americans.
6. Americast embodies many of the woes that afflict new-media ventures.
7. Overworking these days afflicts every age group, beginning in elementary school.
8. What can explain the repeated tragedies that afflict the family?
9. Anthrax bacteria generally afflicts animals, especially sheep and cattle.
10. Crime is epidemic, and AIDS afflicts hundreds of thousands.