injure
verb (used with object)
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair.
are injuring
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present progressiveof injure.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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More migrants are injuring themselves as they try to cross the southern border in California.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
He said: "Some of these parks should not be allowed to operate and my worry is that some of these parks are injuring people through financial and commercial reasons."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2018
More Americans than ever are injuring themselves while pushing their personal limits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, Sue has the heart of a reformer, and especially towards women; he sees what they need, and what causes are injuring them.
From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Margaret Fuller
They said a good deal in praise of themselves, but nowhere denied that they are injuring our allies and Peloponnese.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
