disease afflicts sb

Examples (10)

• A rare genetic disease afflicts only a few hundred people worldwide.
• The mysterious disease afflicted the entire village, causing widespread panic.
• He was afflicted by a debilitating lung disease in his later years.
• For decades, this chronic disease has afflicted millions in the developing world.
• We are studying the various autoimmune diseases afflicting young adults.
• Scientists fear that a new type of viral disease will afflict the population if precautions are not taken.
• It is a cruel irony that such a beautiful region is where this terrible disease afflicts so many children.
• By the time a cure was found, the degenerative disease had already afflicted his nervous system beyond repair.
• Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that afflicts the elderly, slowly robbing them of their memories.
• Heart disease continues to afflict a large percentage of the adult population.