inflicted
Example Sentences
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Inflicted by a European weapon, my injury would have been of no serious consequence.
From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie
On thirsty Apulia ne'er has the sun Inflicted such terrible heat; As for Hercules' robe, although poisoned, 't was fun When compared with this garlic we eat!
From Echoes from the Sabine Farm by Field, Roswell Martin
He kindles for my profit purely Affliction's glowing fiery brand, And all his heaviest blows are surely Inflicted by a Master-hand: So I say, praying, As God will!
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss
Thy knowledge is mortal; Thou hear'st not as we must, the plaints without tongue: The wrongs that come beating the crystalline portal, Inflicted by mortals on those who are dumb.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
In a recent publication, The Pestilence, Why Inflicted, are given many reasons why the writer thinks himself to be the appointed watchman foretold by Ezekiel, chapters iii. and xxxiii.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
