How to Use do more harm than good in a Sentence

do more harm than good

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  • Acting too soon can do more harm than good.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Too many coffee grounds can do more harm than good.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, starting yard cleanup too soon can do more harm than good.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, using it in the wrong places can do more harm than good.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, steroids may even do more harm than good for measles patients.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But not all pre-workouts are the same, and some could do more harm than good.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Here are six additions that may do more harm than good.
    Christina Manian, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But some question whether his efforts will do more harm than good.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • There are a ton of extensions out there that do more harm than good.
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And, conversely, some might do more harm than good.
    New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no need to over-wash them; in fact, doing so can do more harm than good.
    Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, these tick removal methods could do more harm than good to your body.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
  • The side effects of such a crude policy do more harm than good.
    Alicia Lai, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Gabriele thought the letter might do more harm than good — and could present grounds for an appeal.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Undoing that effort at this stage in the game could do more harm than good.
    Mary Foley, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, pouring boiling water down the sink can do more harm than good.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • But some health experts fear prolonging the pause may do more harm than good.
    Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2021
  • And pulling the show may do more harm than good to the company's bottom line.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Just over half of those polled said increasing tariffs would do more harm than good.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • An expert says kids thrive at every size and that judgment can do more harm than good.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Obsessing over it just isn’t worth the trouble, and can even do more harm than good.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Cutting them out can lead to big changes in how the body runs and possibly do more harm than good.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When your hair’s on the thinner, more delicate side, the wrong brush can do more harm than good.
    Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 20 June 2025
  • Could infusing an extra bolus of these cells do more harm than good?
    Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
  • However, any kind of alcohol can do more harm than good for your sleep.
    Health.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • In fact, using paper towels on the wrong surfaces can do more harm than good.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Believe it or not, these everyday phrases may do more harm than good.
    Michelle Crouch, Parents, 17 May 2024
  • Doing so would only put our employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.
    Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2022
  • While some ingredients can be good for your hair, others can do more harm than good.
    Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
  • However, recent studies show the change may do more harm than good.
    Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2021

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