Example Sentences

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“There are just so many wounding and damaging revelations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

What an interesting conclusion, considering her refusal to take accountability for other mistakes, including the show’s heartless depiction of Sullivan’s wounding.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Second, wounding or completely killing off universal injections would create perverse incentives for a president who operates in bad faith.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

Film and television productions have been fleeing the city, wounding an entertainment industry already in crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

How he ever did it so often without wounding himself with my knife, I don’t know.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens