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inflicts
verb as in impose something
Example Sentences
The database cited the California penal code aimed at anyone who “willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition” on a spouse, former spouse, live-in partner, fiancé or fiancée, former dating partner, or co-parent.
His daytime success and primetime failure illustrates the American media’s metamorphosis – a metamorphosis that inflicts immeasurable damage on public debate, and the democracy that it is supposed to enhance.
The pain that Beckett inflicts on both women registers silently on his handsome craggy face.
I’m referring to Maher’s stab at diving into the supposed horrors so-called cancel culture inflicts on poor wealthy comedians with huge platforms and followings.
Three homeless people and the nonprofit Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court, claiming the ordinance “banishes” homeless people and inflicts “cruel punishment” that violates Washington’s Constitution.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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