- present participle of damage.
damaging
Example Sentences
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Such cells might eventually be given to people preventively, before those damaging aggregates begin accumulating.
From Science Daily ● 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
In a letter to university staff, Prof Deborah Prentice said she knows there is "anger and anxiety around this damaging and difficult case" and she shares concerns raised by those in Cambridge and beyond.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many medical experts cast the push as scientifically baseless and potentially damaging to public health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
And all of these jobs were physically demanding, some of them even damaging if performed month after month.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
