How to Use self-inflicted in a Sentence

self-inflicted

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• Clevinger’s problems tend to be self-inflicted due to the walks.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
• The guild argues that many of the studios’ wounds are self-inflicted.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• And the injury, Pham revealed after a 8-5 loss to the Orioles, was self-inflicted.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• Some of the criticism has been self-inflicted, NPR added.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• Within the Clippers, there is a belief that some wounds have been in part self-inflicted.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Of course, that Birmingham hadn’t landed a team by that time was at least in part self-inflicted.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 25 July 2023
• Among the youngest age group, kids 0 to 5 years old, more than half of unintentional firearm deaths were found to be self-inflicted by the child.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• The kinds of shoes Clooney was selling were designed for people with foot issues, some of them self-inflicted.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• As Sunak likes to remind people, not all of Britain’s problems are unique or self-inflicted.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• The Phog is so hard to win in — there’s a reason Baylor has only won there once in 20 contests — but this one still felt self-inflicted.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
• To some extent the wounds from overwork are often self-inflicted.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
• Police did not disclose whether the wound was self-inflicted or caused by the officer who shot at him with a rifle.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
• And upon reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
• For instance, police might say whether a gunshot wound was self-inflicted, or whether a person was armed.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
• Some of the most tragic and large-scale losses on factory farms are self-inflicted by the industry.
  — Daisy Freund, Treehugger, 21 Apr. 2023
• The ball movement is also either sharp or creates wounds that are self-inflicted.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• But other causes of weak, thin, or brittle nails are self-inflicted.
  — Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2023
• Police said the gunshot wound the suspect suffered appeared to be self-inflicted.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2024
• While Boeing has caused problems for Southwest, some have been self-inflicted.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 June 2024
• And, as Paul Krugman often alludes, one part of technological drift to the back of the pack is always theft, and one part is self-inflicted.
  — Matthew Chase Levy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• When the fighting ended, Allende was found at his desk, dead of a gunshot wound, possibly self-inflicted.
  — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Who told Stevens the big lie that persuaded him despite all the conflicting evidence at the scene that Linda’s death was self-inflicted?
  — Larry Welborn, Orange County Register, 5 July 2024
• As undeniably talented as Richardson was and is, though, the Utes maintain that much of the damage done was self-inflicted.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Breakups, even when self-inflicted, are like undergoing open heart surgery.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Well, 9 June 2024
• Detectives are working to determine if the gunshot that killed the child was self-inflicted or fired by another person in the home.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
• Investigators do not know whether Graves was shot by deputies or if the injury was self-inflicted, police said.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 30 July 2023
• However, officials told the outlet that the wounds looked self-inflicted.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 May 2023
• However, officials told the outlet that the wounds looked self-inflicted.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024
• The sheriff’s office released a statement saying Forsyth was found shot but did not disclose whether the injury was self-inflicted, the location of the wound or if he had been struck more than once.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 20 June 2023

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024