How to Use self-inflicted in a Sentence

self-inflicted

adjective
  • 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
  • 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 | Cstephenson@al.com, 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
  • 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
  • Listen to this article A man was found dead in the basement of an upscale Lower East Side hotel with stab wounds believed to be self-inflicted, police said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The struggles Elgin faced in its two losses were partially self-inflicted.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023

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