Verb (used with object) : to be afflicted with arthritis.    From Dictionary.com. 

She looks so frail, so delicate, and surely she is also what we call afflicted, peculiar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ringfield A Novel] Reference

She was, in short, afflicted with Environmental Illness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

The waiting room of the truly afflicted is empty, save for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Cubs no longer have company in titleless misery] Reference

Or, if we must be afflicted, is it fit that we should choose what rod we will be beaten with?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

It was inspired by the determination of peoples not to be again afflicted with the horrors of such an appalling catastrophe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank B. Kellog - Acceptance and Banquet Speech] Reference

The government reports that tourism has recovered, although independent surveys suggest that certain afflicted areas are still struggling to fill hotels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calendar] Reference

Williams -- one of the "afflicted" -- had looked upon the black mare with longing eyes; and if she had made the experiment, it probably would have been successful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

When you are troubled and afflicted, that is the time to gain merit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Imitation of Christ] Reference

The un-afflicted will suffer as much as the afflicted, which is tragic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illinois Review] Reference

Root ... in me -- The root of pious integrity, which was the matter at issue, whether it could be in one so afflicted, is found in me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

I think all kiddies are 'afflicted' by the above syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [my rewards] Reference

He hated all kender equally, including the so-called "afflicted" kender, whom most people now viewed with pity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]

New England some of the 'afflicted' said of Goodwife C. that 'she had.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology] Reference

When in open court some of the "afflicted" came out of their fits with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

He was very cunning to be sure; but the "afflicted" girls could see through his knavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

Why should he not be as able to do it as Abigail Williams, or any other of the "afflicted" circle?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

But immediately all the accusers in the Court, and all the "afflicted" out of it, made a hideous outcry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

"Ah! you know that when we that are 'afflicted' go into trances, we are not conscious of all that we see.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

Given today's entitlement attitude, I'm surprised the "afflicted" haven't demanded the state come to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

The sons -- Their fathers who "afflicted" Israel having been cut off by divine judgments (Isa 14: 1, 2; 49: 23).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

At a recent trial in Salem, one of the "afflicted" had even gone so far as to cry out against the Rev. Master Willard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

Autism dosen't usualy have any physical conditions with it and oftentimes those "afflicted" are on genius level if given the chance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference

"afflicted" girls, they went off into spasms, shrieks and convulsions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

"afflicted" to be played by the other and younger members of the circle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem] Reference

I might have thought so myself -- if the words "afflicted" and "afflict" hadn't stumped the whole class.".    From Wordnik.com.  ["Novels"] Reference

"John Dye -- that was my young master -- went to the War but Ruben had a kind of afflicted hand and he didn't go.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

"afflicted" artists who look to the avian world for subject matter, possible cures (i.e., artistic interpretations) are almost infinite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Knowledge News] Reference

(In fact, Kennedy was continually afflicted with VD.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pool Parties In Camelot?] Reference

No one knows just how many people are afflicted, or why.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chronic Fatigue Cover-Up?] Reference

The Kings also afflicted us (albeit briefly) with "Rock 'n' Roll Evening News.".    From Wordnik.com.  [KINGS OF THE HILL] Reference

One woman in 10 is afflicted by the age of 50, and the cause is usually Hashimoto's thyroiditis.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's All In Your Neck] Reference

Unlike your typical corporate-turnaround type, he doesn't seem afflicted by a massive ego or addicted to publicity.    From Wordnik.com.  [At&Amp;T's Golden Boy] Reference

And when they sought out other afflicted kids, they were surprised to find 44 of them among Brick's 71,000 residents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding Autism] Reference

He says the mild and moderately afflicted patients who typically participate in clinical trials can exaggerate the placebo response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prozac Vs. Placebos] Reference