Sentence examples for inflicted on only from inspiring English sources

They were widespread and, though inflicted on only a small percentage of those detained, they were serious both in number and in effect.

This used to be a system that only the softhearted Democrats inflicted on their primaries.

These districts, such as St . Louis seem only barely aware of how much damage they are inflicting on students.

His subsequent attempts to bind up some of the lacerations he inflicted on his host only drew attention to how severe the wounds were.

As night settled over Orlando, bringing a semblance of calm to the rattled city, the extent of the trauma inflicted on it had only begun to emerge.

Imagine the psychological and physical effects on these children – not only of the violence inflicted on them but also the violence they are forced to inflict on others.

Little damage was inflicted on the refinery and only one small ship was sunk for the loss of one of VT-3's Avengers.

But the retaliation was inflicted on innocent civilians, whose only offense was being Chechen and living near the mine blasts.

It is the second heaviest defeat South Africa have inflicted on the Scots, bettered only by a 68-10 mauling in Edinburgh in 1997.

The severe damage inflicted on the vessel by apparently only one Exocet missile, which punched a 10-15 foot hole in the hull just below the bridge superstructure, highlighted the dangers to US shipping of operating in Gulf waters without adequate air cover.

.] expulsion from it was to be the only punishment inflicted on those who deserve a severer one".2 His proceedings were, however, marked by a vindictive and cruel spirit quite at variance with the tenor of these instructions.