All 8 Uses of
afflict
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Or say I was afflicted with Africa like a bout of a rare disease, from which I have not managed a full recovery.†
Chpt 1afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- I did all the hoeing myself, to spare his afflicted hands.†
Chpt 1
- I was struck through with my own wayward brand of reverence: praise be the lord of all plagues and secret afflictions!†
Chpt 1 *afflictions = things that cause suffering
- Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and the Lord delivers him out of them all.†
Chpt 1
- But there is no preparing for vipers on the doorstep and drums in the forest, calling up an end to a century of affliction.†
Chpt 2affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all, he declared to the sky, squinting up at God and demanding justice.†
Chpt 2afflictions = things that cause suffering
- Such affliction I saw on her face I briefly believed myself dead.†
Chpt 2affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- My father came only once, with blue flames curling from his eyebrows and tongue: Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.†
Chpt 5afflictions = things that cause suffering
Definition:
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure