How to Use damaging in a Sentence

damaging

adjective

• The evidence was very damaging to their case.
• The storm may produce damaging winds.
• He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
• Here’s how to protect your plants from these damaging insects.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
• Just how big and damaging of a wave the emerging subvariants will drive can’t be predicted.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 11 Oct. 2022
• Shampoo for swimmers helps prevent chlorine from damaging hair.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
• Still, the headline-grabbing incident begs the question: Was this a worthwhile, or damaging, form of protest?
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 20 Oct. 2022
• But can knowing too much about our colleagues’ pay actually be damaging to our ultimate happiness?
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• As damaging as the pandemic was, a growing economic crisis portends more hardship.
  — Anita Pouchard Serra, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• Forecasters are not looking for a widespread damaging severe weather outbreak.
  — Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2022
• Dry winter air can also be damaging — consider misting plants or turning on a humidifier for them.
  — Rosa Cartagena, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• Conversely, too much consensus can also be damaging, leading to groupthink and stagnation.
  — Anna Shields, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Unlike Mexico's president, Hope said the leaks are very damaging and concerning.
  — Armando Regil Velasco, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2022
• In the Netherlands, farmers have dumped hay bales on roads and driven tractors along busy highways to protest government proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants.
  — Nick Perry, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
• These severe thunderstorms will be capable of producing large hail and damaging gusts Sunday evening into early Monday.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
• The main threat will be damaging wind, with gusts of around 40 mph at night.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• Some of these could be severe with a threat for damaging winds and hail.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats in Thursday’s storms.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2024
• Lightning and damaging wind gusts are the main threats.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Aug. 2024
• With school rules about not damaging walls, a student needs to plan ahead.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• The ink is turned on and off with UV light, but not any kind of UV light that's going to be damaging to your skin.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• There will be damaging wind gusts going up to 50 mph to 70 mph, NWS said.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• These sit on the surface of the skin and deflect and scatter damaging UVA rays away.
  — Chelsea Burns, womenshealthmag.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Because of the location, a loss for Utah would be far more damaging than a defeat for the Buffs.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• So first of all, don’t make something that is going to be damaging.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 May 2023
• This second round could be severe with a threat for large hail and damaging winds.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 10 June 2023
• Unlike rug pads that use floor adhesives that might be damaging, this rug pad grips rather than sticks to the floor.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
• Here is the outlook for Monday: The strongest storms on both Sunday and Monday could bring more of the same: damaging winds, hail and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 June 2023
• Tight clothing may stretch faster and, as fibers pull away from each other, more damaging UV rays can pass through and reach your skin.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024