blighting

Example Sentences

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Slavery shaped the Americas for four centuries, blighting the entire hemisphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

The Home Office says shop theft "is completely unacceptable and is blighting our high streets".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

Next time you feel like littering, think of the bird you may harm and the beauty you are blighting.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

This I had believed with all my being, but now, though still inwardly affirming that belief, I felt a blighting hurt which prevented me from trying further to defend myself.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison