Example Sentences

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Next time you feel like littering, think of the bird you may harm and the beauty you are blighting.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Earthquakes are blighting a 350-square-mile region where windmills once powered homes and farms.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019

Noise, fumes and the "horrendous smell" of idling diesel trains are blighting the lives of people in a seaside town.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2016

Hooliganism and poor quality on the pitch are blighting the country's football, says Big Paper's Swediest Swede, Marcus Christenson.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2010

Watch thou with care thy heedless fingers Striking upon the lyre so godlike; Hold thou in check thy lightning-flashes, That where they chance to fall are blighting.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright