Examples of damaging in a Sentence
the damaging effects of the sun on your skin
The storm may produce damaging winds.
He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
The evidence was very damaging to their case.
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The storms are threatening large hail and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But in recent years, lung disease for miners has become a major concern again, Laney says, because coal increasingly comes from mines embedded in sandstone, and which generates dust that's 20 times more damaging to lungs than coal.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Heavy rains, damaging winds and dangerous floods have ravaged the South and the Midwest for days, killing at least 23 people.
—Patrick J. Lyons, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Analysts and large investors blamed the stock market drop on Trump's tariff push, which most economists and the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve believe risk stoking inflation and damaging economic growth.
—Douglas Gillison, Ted Hesson, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But in recent years, lung disease for miners has become a major concern again, Laney says, because coal increasingly comes from mines embedded in sandstone, and which generates dust that's 20 times more damaging to lungs than coal.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Heavy rains, damaging winds and dangerous floods have ravaged the South and the Midwest for days, killing at least 23 people.
—Patrick J. Lyons, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Analysts and large investors blamed the stock market drop on Trump's tariff push, which most economists and the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve believe risk stoking inflation and damaging economic growth.
—Douglas Gillison, Ted Hesson, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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