Sentence examples for might inflict a from inspiring English sources

Because if we stayed out of it Qaddafi's forces might inflict a terrible slaughter on the people of Benghazi and other defeated rebel outposts, east and west of Tripoli.

Like many people, he comes to feel trapped in fancy restaurants, to feel that he is at the mercy of the waiters, who might inflict a four-hour meal on him.

If China continues to amass reserves at its current pace, they calculate, a 33% appreciation of the yuan at the end of 2006 might inflict a capital loss of almost 15% of GDP.Losses on such a scale would be deeply unsettling to any central banker used to the quiet life.

The idea, incidentally, that a short-ish fellow wearing a silly blue hat might inflict any damage on a 6ft 4in professional sportsman from a tough estate in Peckham is fairly difficult to believe.

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

Republicans implied that Obama's comments endorsed socialism, and at the final debate on October 15, McCain made repeated references to "Joe the Plumber" and the harm Obama's policies might inflict on a fragile economy.

For those of us who have never lost a limb, it's impossible to really understand the type of physical and emotional trauma it might inflict on a person.

Projecting the losses that a cap might inflict on the government depends on predicting the future course of interest rates, and there's no reason to think that the C.B.O. has any real idea of what interest rates are going to be five or six years down the road.

I too have suffered and searched, and I can see that the "tribulations such a journey might inflict" have been necessary.

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.

Under current English law, plaintiffs alleging spoken defamation or published libel must meet a relatively low bar to get into court: They need only show that a public statement might inflict reputational damage.