injure
Example Sentences
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It hit a toolshed and did not injure anyone, although it was carrying explosives.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The festival is offering a space to do these shows, but also for an audience to have the night out and trust that the show is not going to injure you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
On behalf of Bosh's next of kin, Mark Stewart KC said: "People might wonder and ask why it is that police officers who are armed do not shoot to injure by shooting an extremity."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Elvis put a shin pad under his pants leg, and I took a couple of practice shots—until he was sure I wouldn’t miss and injure him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Jody looked quickly into the old man’s face to see whether his feelings should be hurt, but there was no will to injure, no punishing nor putting-in-your-place light in the keen blue eyes.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing injure
Lesson 1
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