Sentence examples for be inflicted from inspiring English sources
verb
To thrust upon; to impose.
- They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
It can't be inflicted at 2am.
Otherwise, further damage will be inflicted by such actions".
Electrocution, when instantaneous, can be inflicted by a state in conformity with due process of law.
Penalties of up to seven years' imprisonment may be inflicted for desecrating these places.
Such a device dramatically increases the damage that could be inflicted on a city.
In the American definition, terrorism can never be inflicted by a state.
Believing that a "free press" can be inflicted by political blackmail, or law.
It hasn't even suffered the wounding that can sometimes be inflicted by critics.
No doubt this monstrous creation will be inflicted on film studies students in years to come.
But there is a real chance that such damage will be inflicted in vain.
But who knows what violence and pain will be inflicted in the meantime?
