injure
verb (used with object)
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair.
is injuring
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present progressiveof injure (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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As has been already suggested, he knows that he is exercising more or less dominion over property, or that he is injuring it; he must make good his right if it is challenged.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fifthly, It is his duty to warn you against what is injuring your health.
From Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People by John Brown
We can not afford to lose the services of "Long John" and I do believe the unrelenting warfare made upon him is injuring our cause.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 by Abraham Lincoln
They pretend to be able to produce rain in a drought or stop excessive rainfall when it is injuring the crops.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
“Howard would say it is injuring the cause of the country to turn agriculturists into speculators,” said Frances.
From Rich Enough a tale of the times by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee
