injure
Example Sentences
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A study published in the American Society of Hematology's journal Blood Red Cells & Iron reports that ultra-endurance events can injure red blood cells in ways that may interfere with how they function.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026
Plastic bags clog streams and injure and kill marine mammals and wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
Zubaydah alleged that London was "vicariously liable" for multiple wrongs against him, including conspiracy to injure, false imprisonment and negligence.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
England so badly wanted pace on this tour, then managed to injure their fastest bowler in a tournament they were never going to win.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
Jody looked quickly into the old man’s face to see whether his feelings should be hurt, but there was no will to injure, no punishing nor putting-in-your-place light in the keen blue eyes.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing injure
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