injure
Example Sentences
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The festival is offering a space to do these shows, but also for an audience to have the night out and trust that the show is not going to injure you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
On behalf of Bosh's next of kin, Mark Stewart KC said: "People might wonder and ask why it is that police officers who are armed do not shoot to injure by shooting an extremity."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Elvis put a shin pad under his pants leg, and I took a couple of practice shots—until he was sure I wouldn’t miss and injure him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
James, who scored 16 points in Thursday's loss, appeared to injure his left elbow in the fourth quarter, after he was shunted off the court and landed on the legs of a cameraman.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
They thereby injure even more American zookeepers each year than do tigers!
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing injure
Lesson 1
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