- present participle of hurt.
hurting
Example Sentences
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But many also stayed away, hurting from two wars in less than a year, inflation spiralling at around 80%, and the pain of January's anti-government protests.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
This exodus poses a major risk to Agentforce, Salesforce’s enterprise AI platform, by hurting its ability to develop and sell AI products, DiFucci continued.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
And now that bitcoin has lost more than half its value, recently breaking below the psychologically important $60,000 line, Strategy is hurting, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
The triple whammy of the COVID-19 closures, inflation and technological disruption has left everyone hurting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
The main point was that the American military was not hurting the enemy nearly enough to weaken their commitment to eventual victory.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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