How to Use damage in a Sentence

damage

1 of 2 noun

• The city sustained heavy damage during the war.
• The disease is known to cause permanent brain damage.
• The fall caused considerable damage to her knee.
• He apologized, but the damage was already done.
• He tried to repair the damage by apologizing.
• The items were carefully wrapped to protect them from damage during shipping.
• Fortunately the boat suffered no serious damage in the storm.
• You've said enough. Please leave before you do any more damage.
• The scandal caused significant damage to her career.
• The storm caused about $19 billion in damage to New York City.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• The watch may take on damage if submerged in water or left out in the rain.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
• Bullets may also have caused damage to a house across the street from the high school.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
• Check to make sure your home and yard are free of debris and water damage.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Brain damage occurs in about four minutes, and death in six.
  — Nicole Adams, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
• This is damage caused by a small beetle called a black twig borer.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
• This lessened the amount of permanent damage to his body.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• But any damage to the Russian ship, the Pavel Derzhavin, remained unclear on Friday.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• In the trial, the family had been seeking more than $12 million in damages.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
• The blaze is estimated to have caused $5.5 billion in damage.
  — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
• The Maui wildfires have taken the lives of 111 people and counting and has caused billions of dollars worth of damage to the historic city of Lahaina.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• No one was injured, but Topps struck a curb in his patrol vehicle, causing damage to the wheel.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2023
• So to curb that damage, we’ve been stuck playing catchup — with limited success.
  — Gerald Markowitz, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Lay out the welcome mat To avoid pest infestations and plant stress, gardeners are watchful for the first sign of pest damage.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Research has shown tackle football causes brain damage, and the risk increases the longer people play the sport.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Monday’s trial is to determine how much Trump owes New York in damages.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• This set from Kitsch creates effortless curls without the heat damage that other hair tools can cause.
  — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• Hurts didn’t do much damage when he was flushed out of the pocket, as Judon (one sack) and Josh Uche (one sack) limited his activity.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• This poison over time can cause damage to many organs such as the liver, pancreas, stomach, brain and other nerve cells.
  — Micaela English, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
• Russia’s ministry of defense also said that one of its ships had sustained damage.
  — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023

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damage

2 of 2 verb

• Many homes were damaged or completely destroyed in the fire.
• The fall severely damaged her knee.
• Please return any items that are damaged during shipping.
• He was worried that his comments had damaged their relationship.
• This news will damage his reputation.
• He's trying to repair his damaged reputation.
• Smoking can seriously damage your lungs.
• The scandal significantly damaged her career.
• Four of the coins were damaged but were still able to be read.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• Just 7% were lost or stolen – the rest were damaged or had items stolen from them.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 June 2023
• In the days after the fire, Gov. Josh Green suggested the sirens may have been damaged by the fires.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• Part of their roof was damaged, and neighbors' trees fell in their yard.
  — Sheila Yount Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
• Inside the store, Lyons said windows were blown out, and the frame and structure were damaged.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• His house was not damaged but the storm toppled five pine trees in his front yard and many others down the street.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• The small landslide damaged a large pipe near the Rambling Road roundabout.
  — Siena Duncan, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• Smoking can damage the hairs in the nose that clear mucus, which can cause mucus to build up.
  — Ashley Abramson, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
• While the fat in pan spray won’t damage the nonstick coating, many of the additives used will.
  — Christa Glennie, wsj.com, 26 Dec. 2023
• The damage from the rubbing can severely damage or even kill a young tree.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
• The baseball and skate parks were destroyed and scores of businesses damaged.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• In many instances, the wheelchairs are damaged in transit.
  — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 8 June 2023
• A lot of my self-worth was deeply damaged from that set experience.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
• While the goal is to freeze the coral piece, the team must avoid ice formation, which would damage the animal’s tissue.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• Aside from not getting a pay increase, the morale of the teachers was severely damaged.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• The suspects damaged the ignition in an attempt to steal the vehicle, then fled the scene.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• The earthquake, which damaged buildings and caused landslides, was the largest to hit Taiwan in 25 years and was also felt in parts of China.
  — Lily kuo, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• Officials said a pile of snow on the third floor of the garage likely contributed to the partial collapse, which damaged two cars.
  — Sophia Vento, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
• The landlord is now in the process of evicting him -- not only because of the lies, but also because the hoarding level of filth has damaged the house.
  — Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
• Cramming the mattress into a car, SUV, or even a pickup truck can damage the mattress if bent.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2024
• My hair was damaged from straightening treatments and dyes, and my legs were covered in razor nicks.
  — Iman Hariri-Kia, Allure, 3 Oct. 2023
• Who could have known that prolonged school closures would damage learning?
  — Readers, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024