- present participle of damage.
damaging
Example Sentences
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Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Particularly damaging has been the combination of a private real-estate market and fiscal policies that encouraged local governments to borrow heavily against future land revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scientists have developed a way to recover cellular material from historic parchment manuscripts without damaging the documents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Many medical experts cast the push as scientifically baseless and potentially damaging to public health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The ball had hit him high in his ribs and had stuck there without damaging him much.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
