How to Use inflict in a Sentence

inflict

verb

• These insects are capable of inflicting a painful sting.
• Curses to those who inflict this hate; God said it, and it will be done.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2021
• Over the course of 30 years the United States has inflicted grave damage on Iraq.
  — Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
• Michael Myers is about to inflict on not just Laurie Strode, but the world.
  — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• Not when the Bucs defense was there to inflict the finishing blows.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• Our job wasn’t to find some way, any way, to inflict a punishment.
  — Mitch McConnell, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2021
• And maybe that’s why Dixon still hangs on to the adversity this sport can inflict.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2020
• Reddit users’ goal to inflict pain on the hedge funds appeared to be working.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• But that doesn't mean Andre isn't ready to inflict some more pain on himself.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• It’s built around guns, knives, fists and pure will: anything that can inflict instant death.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
• Caterpillars with hairs that inflict painful stings do the same thing to warn away predators.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
• Don’t bore, please make sense, and respect the object, and, please, please, please, don’t inflict predictable PC pieties on us.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2021
• And so, to shut down the government would inflict pain on the American people.
  — Megan Barnes, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023
• Those who inflict racial harm on others must be dealt with and this will set a precedent for others.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• If that’s the case, hurricanes could inflict more damage in the future.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2020
• The good men, like Myron, tend to die young, while the male characters who inflict harm seem blessed with longevity.
  — Leah Tyler, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022
• Georgia inflicted the first loss, with Texas A&M dealing out the next four.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2023
• For Israel, the onslaught is all downstream of the horror inflicted by Hamas on Oct. 7.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• But rather than run away, Mercy quietly reshapes her life in a way that’s meant to inflict the least hurt.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2022
• Some were inflicted on drunken patients who slipped on the ice.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
• But the rebound remains small compared to the scale of the losses inflicted in recent days.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Researchers said since it was buried so deep, it likely wasn’t meant to inflict injury.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
• Tonight, Davis was only the enemy of the state, on a mission to inflict memorable harm.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Frigid air that could inflict frostbite in ten minutes.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2022
• No one is planning to inflict massive biocide like Thanos in the Marvel Avengers films.
  — Matthew Cobb, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
• Kevin Durant, who averages 29 points per game, will look to inflict more damage on the Celtics.
  — Matt Boecker | Catena Media, oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2023
• But its aim is squarely on trying to right the wrongs the government has and continues to inflict on the Teamsters.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Trump and his allies have made plain their desire to inflict greater pain on Iran in the final weeks of the presidency.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
• The difference is that this time, the suffering is being inflicted by a state that should know too well the horrors of systemic dehumanization.
  — Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
• Giuliani was inflicting plenty of damage on himself, too.
  — Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025