were injuring
- past progressive of injure.
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
The men who destroyed your ship thought they were injuring me.
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
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
This he did until Apustius proved himself a mighty menace to his country and the Dardanians were injuring the part of Macedonia close to their borders Frag.
Anxious to stop the slaughter and destruction that were injuring their nationals, France, Great Britain, and Brazil offered their mediation; but Rosas would have none of it.
From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)
