How to Use harm in a Sentence
- She'll do anything to protect her children from harm.
- They threatened him with bodily harm.
- The scandal has done irreparable harm to his reputation.
- These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses.
- They have suffered serious physical harm.
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But there were other types of harm.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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This is a form of epistemic harm.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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The cures have outpaced the harms.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Navies have to be built to sail into harm’s way.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
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Carpet is red, isn’t it, no harm in blood.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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But their defense is still able to cause some harm.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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But there are other ways to glimpse the scale of the harm.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
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When in doubt, there is no harm in going up one size.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
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The stress on this anti-woke, it’s just done so much harm.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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There’s plenty of harm in the world, and this isn’t part of it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
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That dual feeling is part of the harm.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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The defeat at first did him little harm.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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Those who want to do harm will always find reasons.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
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Some believe the casinos will do more harm than good.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Are moral and religious quests doomed to cause more harm than good?
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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His protests were only causing more harm.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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Are sportsbooks putting our children in harm’s way?
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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There was no harm, no foul, however.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
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Progress without guardrails can lead to preventable harm.
—Daniel Schwartz, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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The risk, though, is that the harms will scale faster than the benefits.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
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Gone are the days of 3-in-1 shampoos that cause more harm than good.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Dec. 2023
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The harm doesn't stop with animals.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
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Does bias in questions harm students?
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
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None proved their existence caused harm.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
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So much harm feels and is so immediate right now.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
- The scandal has seriously harmed his reputation.
- He would never intentionally harm his children.
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And kids were harmed and kids died.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
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More women will be harmed and killed.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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Those who have been harmed are more fragile.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
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Here’s why eating too fast can harm your health—and how to slow down.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
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Her 22-month-old sister was not harmed.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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No one gets to harm law enforcement.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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This is where mulch is spread in a mound up to the trunk, which can harm and even kill the tree.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
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But the goal was not to harm business, the goal was to help people.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Trump was not harmed in that incident.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
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This drug starves babies and harms mothers!
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Another girl was in the room but was not harmed, the records say.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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But don’t use plastic or tarps which will trap moisture and harm the plant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026
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That harms outcomes and raises risks.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
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Can lady beetles harm your home?
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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No one at the White House was injured or harmed.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 May 2026
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Here are eight common practices that can harm your eyes and vision.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
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There's no evidence that any kids died or were harmed due to the flu vaccine.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
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The animal ate nothing and no one was harmed.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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The sheer area of the ocean that could be harmed by drilling is also overwhelming.
—Kristen Monsell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
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Uprooting her from her longtime home could harm her, the zoo said.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 28 May 2026
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Uprooting her from her longtime home could harm her, the zoo said.
—CBS News, 27 May 2026
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This can harm your vehicle and will cost a lot to fix if something goes wrong.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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And anything that counters our beliefs will harm us.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
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Critics said the move could harm marine life and also doom a rare whale species.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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No patients were harmed in the matter, the lawsuit says.
—Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
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The glowing takes some of the plant’s energy but doesn’t seem to harm the plant.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
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That said, one day of celebrating won’t harm a healthy child for the long-term.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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Who will create jobs, not harm the economy.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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