injure
verb (used with object)
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair.
were injuring
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past progressiveof injure.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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More research is necessary to determine whether one or more of these viruses were injuring the liver directly, he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
I am sure they would not do this if they understood that by so doing they were injuring the precious nest.
From Confidences Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself by Edith B. (Edith Belle) Lowry
His deeds were far less evil in themselves than those of many of his companions, but inasmuch as they were not thoughtless in him, they were injuring him more.
From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge
At last Cromwell upbraided them angrily for their injustice and self-interest, which were injuring the public cause.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
Now and then he examined his gun to see if the damp were injuring its charge, now and then he wiped the great drops from his forehead.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various
