baneful
Example Sentences
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Gordon S. Wood did much to contest these baneful trends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
And in his farewell address, President Washington warned that “history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.”
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2019
Like Monroe, he wanted to rise above factions, and rejoiced upon taking office that “the baneful weed of party strife was uprooted,” but he found that his refusal to play favorites left him friendless.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
He set out to shame that baneful narrative.
From Washington Post
“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing baneful
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