How to Use self-inflicted in a Sentence

self-inflicted

adjective
  • But some of those wounds have been self-inflicted.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Some left this earth self-inflicted.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Clevinger’s problems tend to be self-inflicted due to the walks.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The problem, of course, is that the wounds were self-inflicted in the first place.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 May 2025
  • Much of that run was self-inflicted by MU.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The shooter’s death was self-inflicted, sources said.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The worst part of all this is that these economic wounds are self-inflicted.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Some of those problems are self-inflicted.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
  • The guild argues that many of the studios’ wounds are self-inflicted.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Yet many of the island’s problems are self-inflicted.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Bauer said Anzalone then claimed the cuts to his head were self-inflicted.
    — Thomas C. Zambito, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Jones himself died of a gunshot wound that was likely self-inflicted.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Most of those setbacks have been self-inflicted because of uneven play.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Police said Bryant's wounds were self-inflicted.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Police said the shooting was self-inflicted, but didn’t give any more details.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But other causes of weak, thin, or brittle nails are self-inflicted.
    — Kylie Gilbert, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2023
  • To some extent the wounds from overwork are often self-inflicted.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The troubling part, Brown said, is how many of those mistakes were self-inflicted.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Some mistakes were self-inflicted.
    — Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Breakups, even when self-inflicted, are like undergoing open heart surgery.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Well, 9 June 2024
  • And upon reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Then came the setbacks and wounds, including some self-inflicted.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The ball movement is also either sharp or creates wounds that are self-inflicted.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 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
  • 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 mistrust plaguing mainstream media is self-inflicted, to be sure.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
  • But most of Target’s problems are self-inflicted.
    — Steve Dennis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, that Birmingham hadn’t landed a team by that time was at least in part self-inflicted.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 25 July 2023
  • Jonathan, one through line in this book is that a lot of the problems Trump faces in his second term have been self-inflicted.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
  • Whether the death was self-inflicted or by accident is ambiguous.
    — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025

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