The calm was disturbed when Lydgate had brought him home ill from the meeting, and in spite of comforting assurances during the next few days, she cried in private from the conviction that her husband was not suffering from bodily illness merely, but from something that afflicted his mind.
That Raffles should be afflicted with illness, that he should have been led to Stone Court rather than elsewhere—Bulstrode's heart fluttered at the vision of probabilities which these events conjured up.
Minchin's paper, and by this means became a subject of compassionate conversation in the neighboring shops of Churchyard Lane as being afflicted with a tumor at first declared to be as large and hard as a duck's egg, but later in the day to be about the size of "your fist.
All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers.
To say the truth, though I am hurt and grieved, that I cannot still love her, that I am never to hear from her, perhaps never to see her again, I do not feel so very, very much afflicted as one would have thought.
" "But your father," said Catherine, "was he afflicted?
Oh, I am an afflicted mortal.
" The burglar stood for a moment or two, holding his gun on the afflicted one.
Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
While research has claimed that a number of men do in fact have weaker immune systems than was previously supposed, a new study has discovered that when afflicted with influenza, there may be scientific reason why men recover at a faster rate than women.
He was overweight, afflicted with tics and health problems, and so tightly wound that he wandered the halls with clenched fists.
If you are a man who is afflicted by this disease, you would do well to seek help immediately!
The significant inscription found on an old key "If I rest, I rust" would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest taint of idleness.
The four-year slump in the oil, coal and steel industries afflicted the northern and western parts of the country.
Cattle, too, are afflicted.
My history, and my sympathy for the millions similarly afflicted, means I get cross every time I see dud advice.
" Although Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas has not been afflicted with the same concerns over water quality as other parts of the Olympic set-up, the lagoon appeared less than pristine on Monday with bits of garbage - including a plastic bag - seen floating in the depths.
While the superstitious folks afflicted with this problem can easily stay home on Friday the 13th, it's going to be a lot harder to stay inside for another 362 days.
"Brownout is different from burnout because workers afflicted by it are not in obvious crisis,"Kibler said.
We are afflicted with unease, fear and worry.
