Example Sentences

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By Sunday afternoon, his legs were inflicting maximal damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Japan's annual core consumer inflation hit a 40-year high of 3.6% in October, well above the BOJ's 2% inflation target, in a sign of the pain soaring import costs were inflicting on households.

From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2022

Nkunku had been a frustrated figure all night, a player who found little space for all the suffocating pressure the Rangers defenders were inflicting on him.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022

The letter, reportedly signed by more than 40 employees, was sent to the paper's leadership after it published a front-page article lamenting the damage rioters were inflicting on Philadelphia's buildings.

From Fox News • Jun. 4, 2020

To do the Nor’-westers justice, they were unaware of the intensity of the pain they were inflicting.

From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)