injure
verb (used with object)
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair.
am injuring
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present progressiveof injure (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"And yet I am told that I am injuring you with Silverbridge."
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
Yet, perhaps, I am injuring the Baron by my suspicion.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Georgiana Cavendish
I shall be told that I am injuring aristocratical and territorial influence.
From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by John Bright
He seemed to say to them, "I am injuring your cause."
From An Historical Mystery by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
