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

When he finds she does not know these words his scorn is blighting.

From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden