Inflict in a sentence as a verb

He sometimes wants to inflict pain upon himself, to wallow in the ensuing misery, and enjoy it.

Pinching to zoom doesn't inflict masochistic terrors on me, and one finger is all that's necessary to scroll.

This company is about one man, his alter-ego, and what he wants to inflict upon humanity -- that's it!

...Ship mediocrity, inflict misery, lie our asses off, screw our customers, and make a whole shitload of money.

This company is about one man, his alter-ego, and what he wants to inflict upon humanity thats it!

Ship mediocrity, inflict misery, lie our asses off, screw our customers, and make a whole shitload of money.

Can't imagine a parent, sister, child of a victim not wanting to inflict likewise damage to the country that did this to them.

On a flight last week I overheard the TSA agent joke about the "torture" procedure he was about to inflict on my son when he opted out of a body scan.

I have no idea why tech companies would pay engineers gobs of money,[1] spend gobs of money on huge office campuses,[2] then inflict open plan or cubicles on said engineers.

And, thinking you'd be ok, you're then willing to inflict that same decision upon others, who might feel very differently about attention than you do?Star Wars Kid didn't want the world to see him goofing off. I don't want you to have videotape of me bumming around the house on the weekend.

One common characteristic of extortion is the use of threats, that is, an express intention to inflict injury, loss, or some other bad consequence on another person.

Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savour being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more fully relished.

Support is worse because almost any issue is potentially a p2p-related issue, have you tried disabling p2p and seeing if the issue persists?There's really no reason, certainly no compelling business case, to inflict that much pain on any mobile product I can think of.

Reminds me of a quote from The Prince:"Hence we may learn the lesson that on seizing a state, the usurper should make haste to inflict what injuries he must, at a stroke, that he may not have to renew them daily, but be enabled by their discontinuance to reassure mens minds, and afterwards win them over by benefits.

Inflict definitions

verb

impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

See also: visit impose