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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were inflicted" is an acceptable and usable part of a sentence in written English.
This phrase is used to describe when an action has been done to someone or something, usually as a result of punishment. For example, "The harsh penalties were inflicted on those found guilty of treason."
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were inflicted
verb
To thrust upon; to impose.
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Moreover, 13.2% of needlestick and sharps injury of health care workers were self-inflicted, and 12.4% of injuries were inflicted by their colleagues during surgical interventions.
But the cruellest cuts Scotland suffered were inflicted by themselves.
We'd examine their injuries and see how they were inflicted.
"They were inflicted on a defenceless man who was semi-conscious at times during the assault.
He said their wounds were inflicted in an "accident" during detention.
Yet nobody could stop the terrible things that were inflicted on her.
Many of the horrors were inflicted on the children during their journeys to Europe.
These wounds were inflicted when I was much younger and fed up with everything.
But he said the worst injuries were inflicted when he applied for workers' compensation.
Ms Dhu's family have indicated they were inflicted by her partner.
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Harsh measures including land confiscations, arrests, and deportations to prison camps were inflicted upon all peasants who resisted collectivization.
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