Sentence examples for inflicting an from inspiring English sources

It might be unchristian because it was a response to an injury by inflicting an injury.

He is inflicting an ideological experiment on pupils with no pilots, no consultation and no evidence to support it.

Kim Il Sung declared victory nonetheless, and boasted of "inflicting an ignominious defeat on U.S. imperialism and its running dogs".

But instead they have increasingly resorted to seizing and destroying bundles of papers after they come off the presses, inflicting an additional financial punishment on publishers.

Some blame the architects -- Polshek Partnership, also responsible for the Rose Center at the Museum of Natural History -- for inflicting an irrelevant aesthetic vision.

Anyone wading in shallow water where they occur runs some risk of stepping on one and provoking an instant response: the ray lashes back its tail, inflicting an agonizingly painful wound that occasionally leads to fatal complications.

It's nonetheless a tiny broom inflicting a big headache on Mitt Romney.

The drought is not only inflicting a financial toll.

The chemical burn affected the nasal architecture after inflicting a burn injury to the face.

Mr Sirisena came to power in January, inflicting a surprise defeat on former ally Mr Rajapaksa.

One of the bullets struck his helmet, inflicting a gaping wound to his scalp.