The evidence against none of the convicts in 1692, throwing out of view the statements and actings of the "afflicted children," was half so strong as that against Godfrey.
As this conduct was decidedly abnormal, as was their amusement, it was settled that they were bewitched, and they were sympathized with as being 'afflicted Children.
Evidently the taste for notoriety in the 'afflicted children' was developing.
Ann Putnam, one of the more prominent of the “afflicted children,” confessed her error and prayed for divine forgiveness.
Various explanations of the conduct of the “afflicted children” have been offered.
The “afflicted children” continued to suffer and soon began to accuse men and women of unimpeachable lives.
Warrants had been duly issued against Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, and the Indian woman Tituba, and they were now to be tried for the very serious offence of bewitching the "afflicted children.
One of the "afflicted children" would testify that she saw and felt the spectre of the accused, tormenting her, and struck at it.
He was named by the "Afflicted Children"; but the fact that while in Salem he had been inimical to the party of Mrs. Ann Putnam makes the real source of the accusation not problematical.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "afflicted children" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
