Sentence examples for inflicted a major from inspiring English sources

In 1598 he inflicted a major defeat on the Uzbeks and regained control of Khorāsān.

"They've inflicted a major blow to themselves," said one technical adviser for the survey, Egon Mayer, academic director of the North American Jewish Data Bank.

Overlooking the city on a bluff is a 102-foot (31-metre) monument (1897) honouring Arminius (Hermann), a German tribal leader who inflicted a major defeat on the Romans at the Teutoburg Forest in 9 ce.

Only after Peter I the Great of Russia inflicted a major defeat upon the Swedish army at the Battle of Poltava (July 8 , 1709 was Augustus able to declare his agreement with Charles to be void, return to Poland, and recover the Polish crown.

Later that month, 2e DB participated in the Battle of the Falaise Pocket, which inflicted a major defeat on the German Army.

In 1177 the Byzantines inflicted a major defeat on a large Turkish force at Hyelion and Leimocheir in the Meander valley.

If the Gardai again succeed in suppressing any violent street disorder, it will inflict a major blow on dissident republican morale.

As Labour unites against Brexit it is an opportunity for Corbyn, Johnson, McFadden and Reynolds to inflict a major defeat on three main enemies.

So, yes, even a mild slowdown in trading, and an inability to persuade punters to pay higher prices for hotels, can inflict a major hit on profits.

Mazepa, however, was able neither to inspire the Ukrainian population to revolt against the Russians nor to supply the Swedes with enough Cossacks to prevent the Russians from inflicting a major defeat upon them at Poltava (June 1709).

There is almost certainly a majority of MPs in the Commons who will vote for renewal whatever Labour decides, so why inflict a major civil war over the issue and change nothing?