inflict
verb (used with object)
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered.
am inflicting
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present progressiveof inflict (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But I am inflicting myself too long upon you.
From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Edward Payson Roe
I speak with difficulty; for I cannot easily give you so much pain as I know that I am inflicting at this moment.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 05 by Maria Edgeworth
I've explained, even insisted that the incident of the violin has nothing to do with this--er--salutary punishment I am inflicting.
From Left Tackle Thayer by Ralph Henry Barbour
