Example Sentences

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Det Ch Supt Mark Kameen said organised crime groups were "blighting the lives of decent, law-abiding members of the community".

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022

They were blighting symbols of this soul-breaking existence in a land of abandoned farms where Opportunity never came.

From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville

The Home Government, and an imported Governor, were blighting to their vital energies.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy

His tongue, pen, logic, sarcasm—all were blighting as a sirocco wind.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll