has been damaging
- present perfect progressive of damage (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Although the rain has been damaging, it didn’t seem as bad to them as what they experienced five years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
We are some way from such a vote but in the court of public opinion what has already been established has been damaging.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022
Minicucci acknowledged that the chaos has been damaging for Seattle’s hometown airline.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022
It also created a stigma around renting that I think has been damaging to a lot of people.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2021
At times the lack of harmony between the State Fish and Game Commission and the sportsmen of the state has been damaging to the interests of wild life, and deplorable.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
