blight
is blighting
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present progressiveof blight (3rd person singular).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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The lack of regulation is "blighting a host of communities", said East Thanet MP Polly Billington, due to the "increase in antisocial behaviour that follows from the proliferation of party flats".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
The problem is not high prices or mismanagement but coastal erosion that is blighting the West African country's coast.
From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2015
In 2014, the centenary’s resonance is keenly felt when conflict is blighting many corners of the world.
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2014
It is hard to be optimistic about a problem that is blighting the lives of so many people.
From Economist ● Apr. 25, 2013
Something is blighting his life, and what can blight a life save evil?
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe
