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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On the stump, Takaichi talked about “reconsidering” Japan’s immigration policies and in one eye-catching remark said tourists were harming the sacred deer in Nara, a city in her home prefecture that draws many visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
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
Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser said the whistleblower's revelations showed that Meta knew how Facebook and Instagram were harming children.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2023
We considered paying villagers to remove the peacock snails that were harming our willows.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
