Sentence examples for this would inflict on from inspiring English sources

Couldn't they realize the depth of the wound that this would inflict on our family?

But the Communist Party still seems to feel that the damage this would inflict on its domestic credibility would outweigh the benefits.Close enoughUltimately, China will have to come to terms with Taiwan's permanent separation.

"There's going to be no immediate relinquishment of custody, at least not that this family will agree to, and certainly not before there's some evaluation of the serious psychological harm that that would inflict on Elian," Mr. Coffey said on the ABC's "Good Morning America".

No account was taken of the grievous harm that this decree would inflict on Microsoft and on a wide range of third parties.

But economists argue that this would inflict such damage on investor confidence across the EU that it should only be considered as a last resort, a "nuclear option".

This is the fate some would inflict on William Shakespeare.

On Facebook, voters insulted the candidates and one another with frank exuberance; around dinner tables, talk was of the irreparable damage one party or the other would inflict on village life.

An Edwardian joke, I think; at least it was one that my Edwardian-vintage father would inflict on us from time to time.

This demonstration of small-scale savagery was indicative of the savagery Amin would inflict on his country as a whole.

This demonstration of small-scale savagery was indicative of the savagery Amin would inflict on his country as a whole; it was a similar thing to the Viking and Hun kings drinking from the skulls of their defeated enemies.

The photo presaged the havoc Sandy would inflict on the Brooklyn waterfront and its businesses.