Example Sentences

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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 Edgeworth, Maria

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 Barbour, Ralph Henry

But I am inflicting myself too long upon you.

From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Roe, Edward Payson