blight
have blighted
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present perfectof blight.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Robin Hayes was speaking as thousands of travellers have been hit by recent disruption - caused largely by staff shortages that have blighted the re-start of air travel after the pandemic.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2022
Small businesses of long standing, and families who went into debt to launch, say, restaurants or bars or bakeries just before the pandemic, now have blighted futures — the caprice of rotten luck.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022
From ancient Egypt to czarist Russia, from sub-Saharan Africa to the Aztecs, forms of slavery have blighted nearly every continent.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Allegations this week that tennis authorities failed to deal with widespread match-fixing has rocked the game, following similar allegations that have blighted cricket, soccer and other sports.
From Reuters ● Jan. 20, 2016
Wait till, like me, you have blighted your fairest hopes—have endured humiliation and sorrow—poverty and insult—before you pretend to judge of their effect on you!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
