is marring
- present progressive of mar (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Mass production by agribusinesses is marring the environment, while monoculture farming practices are giving deadly pathogens a biological edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
"For the first time ever, graffiti is marring the Hines Public Market building — a historical site — where our business is located."
From Fox News ● Feb. 22, 2022
In other words, the same affliction that is marring the regular season, only magnified and expanded.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Even so, the country heads into the Olympics with a sense of resignation and a reckoning over how its leaders handled a pandemic that is marring what should be a marquee moment for national pride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
The gravest reproach you can make to a musician is that he plays without expression; because, by so doing, he is marring the whole essence of the matter.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
