David wondered what difficulty that love affair had caused this pretty young woman in such a time and place.

An affair with his aunt, who bore him a child, caused a scandal.

He found the most mundane affairs cause for high amusement.

The young man is worried that their affair will cause his beloved disgrace.

The affair had caused a permanent estrangement between mother and daughter.

Stalin escaped expulsion, though the affair would cause him trouble for years to come.

This affair has caused great emotional pain for my children and me.

But is it plausible for one affair to cause such ruination?

The affair caused a sort of dynastic crisis, in 1891.

The affair caused a controversy within Communist circles when it became public.