spoil
verb (used with object)
to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: Drought spoiled the corn crop.
are spoiling
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present progressiveof spoil.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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"It's the ones that really take the Michael that are spoiling it for the other people," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
Everybody loves Tripod the three-legged coyote, but High Desert locals say that visitors are spoiling the beast with handouts and causing a dangerous situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Thousands of newly launched satellites are spoiling the view from the Hubble Space Telescope, producing streaks of light across its images.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Chinese consumers are "spoiling themselves with those little things and they're loving something novel," said Mark Tanner, founder of marketing agency China Skinny.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2022
And they are spoiling this time for you now--well, you just wait.
From Gertrude's Marriage by W. Heimburg
