Examples of damaging in a Sentence
the damaging effects of the sun on your skin
The storm may produce damaging winds.
He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
The evidence was very damaging to their case.
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Another system is expected to bring severe weather risks across parts of the Ohio Valley this weekend, including damaging winds, hail and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Catastrophic flooding keeps hitting Hawaii as two back-to-back storms pummeled the islands with rain and damaging winds.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Thunderstorms will be possible at times, which may include damaging winds.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
And the states’ negotiators knew the Department of Interior would act unilaterally to make damaging cuts to water supply if states couldn’t come to their own agreement.
—Karen Schlatter, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Catastrophic flooding keeps hitting Hawaii as two back-to-back storms pummeled the islands with rain and damaging winds.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Thunderstorms will be possible at times, which may include damaging winds.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
And the states’ negotiators knew the Department of Interior would act unilaterally to make damaging cuts to water supply if states couldn’t come to their own agreement.
—Karen Schlatter, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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