were damaging
- past progressive of damage.
Example Sentences
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“It was happening more often than it should and we just realized that we really were damaging soil.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
At his conference speech in April, he hit out at a "small minority" within the Greens who he claimed were damaging the party and its reputation.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
Speaking at the ceremony, Hun Manet said the old airport was located too close to the Angkor temples and it was feared that vibrations from passing flights were damaging their foundations.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
She also accused Armenia of making "unacceptable and harmful" statements that were damaging to the prospects for a peace settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
The little one’s words were damaging to her mother, and helpful to the mother’s oppressors.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
