“I grabbed the gaffing hook and managed to inflict a minor flesh wound in his calf before we called it quits.”

“Party activists and trade unionists were going to inflict a string of defeats on the leadership on key policy areas.”

“Why can't humans put themselves in the situations that we inflict upon animals.”

“People must continually be reminded of the horrendous damage that tobacco inflicts on smokers and those who experience second hand smoke.”

“Almost every pop music trend inflicts itself on classical music sooner or later.”

“Such is the suffering, ignoble and ignominious, it inflicts on the viewers.”

“While Sitka spruce can withstand the ravages inflicted by deer, other species are not so hardy.”

“The only wrongs he seeks to redress are those he perceives as having been inflicted by an uncaring world on himself.”

“A blow of mild to moderate force with a knife could have inflicted such a wound.”

“The very nature of judicial corporal punishment is that it involves one human being inflicting physical violence on another human being.”

“Our valiant forces were lying in wait for them, inflicting heavy losses on the covetous invaders.”

“There are too many critics who revel in slinging mud and inflicting verbal pain.”