- present participle of dam.
damming
Example Sentences
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For decades, damming rivers has generated bitter fights in places around the world, and international lenders have come under pressure not to support new projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Andrew Law, a sociologist at Newcastle University in the U.K., has used lidar mapping to digitally preserve structures along China’s Yangtze River that were threatened or wiped out by extensive damming.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025
Habitat destruction, damming, and pollution have decimated local populations, such that many species are in dire need of help.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Respected non-partisan polling organisation Afrobarometer released a damming report earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
The impact would have knocked down every structure in the city and collapsed the underground waterways, damming the Uzumark that flows under our feet, and flooding the whole valley.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
