How to Use damaging in a Sentence

damaging

adjective
  • The evidence was very damaging to their case.
  • The storm may produce damaging winds.
  • He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
  • The main risk will be for strong and damaging winds.
    Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • The chance for hail or damaging winds is very low.
    Arkansas Online, 24 June 2026
  • That’s one of the most damaging myths out there.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some storms could be strong enough for hail or damaging winds.
    Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Strong-to-damaging winds will be the main threat.
    Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • But many of these moves have proved damaging.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The main risk from the stronger storms will be hail and damaging winds.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
  • That’s the most damaging thing of all.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This is good news for those who saw damaging ice in the last event.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The largest threats were from damaging winds.
    Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats with a few of the storms.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And, a wall of text can be just as damaging as a lack of detail.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Some of these are leading to a threat for damaging winds and small hail.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2022
  • Some of these could be severe with a threat for damaging winds and hail.
    Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This is most damaging to wool and silk fabrics and leather shoes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
  • With school rules about not damaging walls, a student needs to plan ahead.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The three-game losing streak has not been too damaging, at least not yet.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Any storm that is able to form could produce damaging wind gusts and small hail.
    Cutter Martin, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • The strongest storms could bring damaging winds, hail and heavy rain.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Bannon's own words have been even more damaging than his lawyer's.
    Norman Eisen, Joanna Lydgate, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
  • These storms may bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and hail.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • Some storms could be severe with large hail and damaging winds as the main threats.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2026
  • The main threats are damaging winds, large hail and lightning.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • That's not to say damaging wind is not a threat, but the biggest thing will be hail.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The main threat will be damaging wind, with gusts of around 40 mph at night.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Hail and damaging winds are the main concerns.
    Mckenna King, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The heat will be more damaging than a few extra days of no washing.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 12 Sep. 2022

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