Afflictions
[ə'flɪkʃənz]
Examples
- I could not help feeling, though she mingled her tears with mine, that she had a dreadful luxury in our afflictions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Secondly, Mr. Snagsby has to lay upon the table half a crown, his usual panacea for an immense variety of afflictions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Out of men's afflictions and affections were forged the rivets of their servitude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Any girl reader who has suffered like afflictions will sympathize with poor Amy and wish her well through her task. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It may be that if we knew more of such strange afflictions we might be the better able to alleviate their intensity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Helen