impair
verb (used with object)
to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage.
was impairing
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past progressiveof impair.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Doctors for Mathew Richards said the odour from Walleys Quarry in Staffordshire was impairing his health.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2021
The money was her husband's, and you knew it, and you knew it was impairing his estate to furnish it.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
Age was impairing his judgment and setting a term to his usefulness.
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
In fact the impression spread that Parliament, not content with full promises from the King, while it checked abuses, was impairing his authority.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
The caution increased his cunning but was impairing his character.
From The Young Man and the World by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
