was blighting
- past progressive of blight.
Example Sentences
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Anderson said he set up the debate on antisocial behaviour because it "destroys and ruins lives" and was blighting "every constituency throughout our great country".
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
She was under obligation, and the feeling was blighting to the girl's independence.
From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George
It is hard for us at this date to realize the condition of England when that horrible Sirocco, as Robert Browning called it, the tax on corn, was blighting the land.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
As recreation it was blighting; and I said almost as much.
From Ma Pettengill by Wilson, Harry Leon
The heat at this time of day was blighting.
From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward
