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

Age was impairing his judgment and setting a term to his usefulness.

From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake

Perhaps it was because he vaguely felt that she was impairing something in herself that was precious to him.

From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various

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 Ranke, Leopold von

But he was fearful it was impairing her health.

From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Haviland, Laura S.