Sentence examples for to inflict something from inspiring English sources

Highlights have generally been more football-based than off-field – Scotland's 'Wembley Wizards' won 5-1 in London back in 1928 and England had to wait until 1961, when they won 9-3, to inflict something even more miserable.

This does a real disservice to citizens who are trying their best to muster support for the proposed invasion of Iraq, and then meanwhile must endure a very uncomfortable weekend worried about who or what is hiding behind the next bush to inflict something grossly "spectacular" upon us.

Constantly invading a cat's personal space can also inflict something like psychological trauma, leading to chronic litter box accidents.

You are inflicting something really evil and horrible on somebody".

He had been having an affair for years, and the tattoo, I sensed even then, was my mother's way of inflicting something on herself that was both painful and lovely, and all hers.

When talking about the content of his lyrics, Louis seems disgusted with himself, as if he's inflicting something on the people listening.

They might be too small to inflict damage on something the size of an Ediacaran, but these predators can still wreak havoc at the microscopic scale - and they were doing so long before the Ediacarans evolved.

I managed to inflict myself with something called adhesive capsulitis in both shoulders.

It's the kind of torment you can wish on your worst enemy without feeling too guilty, not something to inflict permanent damage, just two hours of soul-sickening confusion and sensory torment.

William thought they "looked like something likely to inflict some kind of burn or spike-related injury", and sure enough – roofs of mouths were singed.

They will be at home on recess, hearing from their constituents, and they will have to justify their vote for something that threatens to inflict all the harm that the new CBO score has now projected it will inflict.