How to Use detriment in a Sentence

detriment

noun

• If the feds don’t take the lead, the teachers unions will—to the detriment of students.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2020
• Again, this is not explored, and to the film’s detriment.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Apr. 2025
• In fact, the secondary might be more of a detriment than a help.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
• Franchy Cordero is a bit better but is a big detriment in the field.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
• For decades, we’ve been hoodwinked by the fetishization of coal, to the detriment of us all.
  — Jonathan Thompson, New Republic, 21 Sep. 2017
• But at least for the moment, this has worked to Democrats’ detriment.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
• Anything that takes him out of that would be to his detriment.
  — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 6 Jan. 2018
• In some circles, that may be a detriment to his draft stock.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
• In some circles, that may be a detriment to his draft stock.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
• In a short series the lack of power can be a detriment as the Guardians found out against the Yankees.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
• The new tax reform also benefits the rich to the detriment of the poor.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 4 June 2018
• Nine toes off the cliff, Phil sought hero shots, sometimes to his detriment.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 May 2021
• In a month that has been to its detriment the past two seasons, Ohio State has been at its best.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2021
• So there’s a sense in which Iran has gained a lot after 2011, to the detriment of Russia.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022
• Kitchens didn’t use enough play-action until the end of the season to the detriment of the team, and to Mayfield.
  — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2020
• All that motion is welcomed by the body and not a detriment.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
• So far, none of its success has been to OSU’s detriment.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 29 July 2021
• But this triad was abandoned long ago, to the detriment of all.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• There is no doubt that the wealth of some has greatly increased to the detriment of others.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 26 Nov. 2022
• Now, her product picks are right on point (to the detriment of my budget).
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 Dec. 2017
• But the flatness of the main characters remains a detriment to the show’s progress.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 June 2024
• There are a few things that feel culled from other movies and shoehorned in here to the film’s detriment.
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 27 July 2018
• But the clear win for companies comes to the detriment of workers’ health.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• Caregivers do those things, often to the detriment of their own needs.
  — Paul Swiech, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017
• Utah winning on Saturday night was not only a detriment to the Ducks, but to the rest of the Pac-12.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021
• Or will the outcomes just be gravy for key companies and households to the detriment of the rest of us?
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 6 May 2017
• To the ultimate detriment of the child him- or herself.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• Osetkowski was glued to the 3-point line early, much to the Longhorns' detriment.
  — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
• Sure, Katz’s voice broke at times, but not to the significant detriment of the show.
  — jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
• All these different things to keep things from imploding, all these different things that have been the detriment to a lot of history...
  — Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 1 July 2025