Example Sentences

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Injuries have blighted Spurs' campaign, with key players such as Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie missing large chunks of the season.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

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

If we failed, instead of brightening I should have blighted him for ever!

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)