harm
noun
physical injury or mental damage; hurt.
were harming
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past progressiveof harm.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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At the behest of local vegetable growers and processors, the Liberal government asked the trade tribunal this year to investigate whether imports of foreign canned vegetables were harming Canada’s food sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Many of them had spent less than a minute looking at the spectacle, without realising they were harming their eyes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The FDA didn’t routinely test the medications for quality problems or use its vast repository of drug-related complaints to proactively track whether they were harming the people who relied on them.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
Gen. Rob Bonta and his counterparts from other states filed lawsuits against TikTok last fall, arguing that the app’s features, such as beauty filters and infinite scrolling, were harming young people’s mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
“And they were harming no one. Why waste your money on killing animals who don’t need killing?”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
