Sentence examples for inflict upon from inspiring English sources

Is it the misery we inflict upon the Third World?

He is keenly alive to the injuries that the past may inflict upon the present.

Dorsey's imprimatur shields Square from much of the reputational damage a similar move might inflict upon a less-seasoned entrepreneur.

Districts across the country continue to ignore the damage they cause and the pain they inflict upon Native American children.

I've got two flatmates and they're often shocked by the things I bring home to inflict upon them.

The agribusiness conglomerates have shielded consumers from any conscious awareness of the systemic cruelty they inflict upon sentient beings.

On paper it sounds like the kind of relentlessly miserable tale that Sundance occasionally chooses to inflict upon us.

For these associations, London has tried to inflict upon Adams a kind of media stigmata, a video bruise.

And we ignore the human-made crises we inflict upon our planet because they are inconvenient to our lifestyles.

Still more unsightly were the tackles Keith Andrews felt fit to inflict upon opponents in his first Premier League start.

Increasingly, they seem to want to tell us how to live and think, or inflict upon us the strictures they choose to impose upon themselves.