Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

The discrepancy between the high moral cost of inflicting pain on these creatures and the insignificant benefit of improving one's appearance is such that the latter cannot be said to outweigh the former.

Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others.

His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon, and he was wounded on the thigh, where there was a long, clean cut, inflicted evidently by some very sharp instrument.

Iran is one of those few nations that could inflict lasting damage to the United States.

Although it is not typically aggressive toward humans, the monster hornet can inflict a powerful sting.

Sami received pleasure out of inflicting pain.

Beavers rarely inflict damage on people.

In chess, each army performs maneuvers to gain advantageous positions on the battlefield or to inflict material losses on the opponent.

His stick, which was a Penang-lawyer weighted with lead, was just such a weapon as might, by repeated blows, have inflicted the terrible injuries to which the trainer had succumbed.