was impairing
- past progressive of impair.
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 Page, Thomas Nelson
But he was fearful it was impairing her health.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Haviland, Laura S.
Age was impairing his judgment and setting a term to his usefulness.
From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake
The caution increased his cunning but was impairing his character.
From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah