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.

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.

Iran is capable of inflicting the United States lasting damage should Washington dare to attack it.

You should not inflict any injury on others on any account.

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.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Sami received pleasure out of inflicting pain.

Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others.

Not only is it considered one of the most important works of art of the 20th century, but it has also become an authentic "20th century icon", a symbol of the terrible suffering that war inflicts on human beings.