Example Sentences

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The problem for Bolivia was not the heat that mother nature was inflicting on them - it was the heat they were getting from Scotland, who were patient, precise and clinical.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Last week Takaichi said that the global oil supply squeeze was inflicting an "enormous impact" on the Asia-Pacific region.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Guterres addressed the General Assembly just weeks before the first anniversary on Feb. 24 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which he said was "inflicting untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with profound global implications."

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023

As long as each manager was inflicting independent harms, there was no basis for class action status.

From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2021

I had been yielding to a selfish burst of grief, thoughtless of the agony I was inflicting.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee