The phrase "about to inflict" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is on the verge of causing harm or imposing something unpleasant.
Example: "The storm was about to inflict severe damage on the coastal towns."
Alternatives: "about to impose" or "on the brink of causing".
Mr Eichel is doing quite well: despite the pain he is about to inflict, some 43% of Germans, according to a recent opinion poll, say he is right.
She understands, as only a mother can, the terror she is about to inflict, the ache Enrique will feel, and finally the emptiness.
Steve-O's enthusiasm for the pain he is about to inflict gives the proceedings extra zip, and the contestants' agony and terror are undeniably real.
Cameron needed to convince us that his "big society" would be the antidote to all the pain he is about to inflict.
Perhaps the old soccer sage foresaw the damage Steve Bruce was about to inflict on the upstarts' assault on his Champions League territory.
I found myself heading towards the Colonel's door, like a zombie, my stomach already groaning in complaint at what it seemed I was about to inflict on it.
But why should he go about seeking to inflict upon others the misery which owes its origin to his own ignorance?" Strunk and White echo the sentiment in their example of plural none: "None are as fallible as those who are sure they're right".
This Ballghazi bullshit, though — believe me when I say that the only aspect of a football I care about is its ability to inflict pain and misery on those men out there on the field.
But the yoga community long remained silent about its potential to inflict blinding pain.
Outside the cage, Rousey is genial but unapologetic about her capacity to inflict harm.
Military planners in Gaza, Beirut and Tehran are no doubt disappointed today about Hamas' ability to inflict deadly harm on Israel.
