are inflicting
- present progressive of inflict.
Example Sentences
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"We're seeing a pattern of how conflicts, insecurity and crises are inflicting real harm on children's education and learning," he adds.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
“We’re seeing in general that after laws are passed, agencies and boards are inflicting new harms,” said Carlos Guillermo Smith, a senior policy adviser for Equality Florida, an L.G.B.T.Q. rights group.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Both sides say they are inflicting huge casualties.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023
Economists at Yale University argued in a recent paper that sanctions are inflicting immense pain.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
Think of the severity of the punishment which you are inflicting upon one whom you love; and of the effect it must have on her feelings.
From Kept in the Dark by Trollope, Anthony
