Sentence examples for inflict to keep from inspiring English sources

There will no doubt be speculation, too, as to whether the new Kim has been watching and learning from the hardship the West is imposing on Iran — and the far greater punishment that Israel, and perhaps the United States, might inflict — to keep Tehran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal.

They have no money, they will not find more soon, and they have to inflict pain just to keep their governments in business.

By opposing the collegial ideal to the alien industrial mentality that unions supposedly inflict, they hope to keep full-time faculties not only from organizing themselves but from supporting union campaigns by graduate students and adjuncts.

(John's nickname is the Hangman, because he takes pleasure in delivering his prisoners alive and then seeing them legally hanged; therefore, for all the brutality that he inflicts on Daisy, he wants to keep her breathing).

These casualties were inflicted despite Russell's attempts to keep the number of soldiers in the front line defences to a minimum and to rely on artillery and machine guns as his primary means for defending against counterattacks.

The subject of what to do with Helen's belongings has been one where I've been in receive mode from friends and family for some time: "Clear everything to help you move on"; "Don't clear too much as you'll regret it later"; "Involve the kids in what to keep"; "Don't inflict clearing their mum's stuff on the kids"; "Do it now"; "Do it next year"; "Don't do it".

We submit ourselves to these intimate inspections and simultaneously inflict them on others and try to keep our psyches intact. . . .

As much frustration as the Braves have suffered by winning only one World Series in those eight years, they inflict even more frustration on teams trying to keep up with or overtake them.

The purpose of this special treatment is to keep the House and Senate from inflicting death by a thousand cuts on delicate negotiating positions and specific concessions.

In "Dance of Death," Edgar and Alice (Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren) — a military captain and a former actress — go at each other relentlessly, each knowing how to inflict wounds with precision and economy, and how to keep them open.

The severity of the cuts about to hit will only inflict further damage on the ability of our police forces to keep the public safe".