Example Sentences

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Annabelle wanted councillors to "think about all the emotions they are inflicting on families".

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

Punishingly high food prices are inflicting particular hardship on the poor.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Economists at Yale University argued in a recent paper that sanctions are inflicting immense pain.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Signals that rising prices are inflicting serious pain on families echo across the Sun Belt.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022

O Thou loving Lord, the movers of sedition are in some regions astir and active, and by night and day are inflicting a grievous wrong.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá