Read full poem →I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground
Upon my flesh t' inflict another wound.
Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death
Dictionary Entry
To thrust upon; to impose.
In a Sentence
“They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.”
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Common Phrases
upon inflict. inflictpain inflictpunishment inflictinjury inflictany inflict
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Poetry examples for “inflict”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →'Tis, Lycon, thy just meed.
To inflict unmoved
And firm to bear the woes of the Beloved
Read full poem →This may be speaking too presumptuously, and may deserve
a punishment: but no feeling man will be forward to inflict it:
he will leave me alone, with the conviction that there is not a