Examples of damaging in a Sentence
the damaging effects of the sun on your skin
The storm may produce damaging winds.
He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
The evidence was very damaging to their case.
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Potent thunderstorms across the central and eastern U.S. this week could trigger flash floods, damaging winds and possible tornadoes as California prepares for its first heat wave of the season.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats, with a low (non-zero) tornado threat.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The plains in southeastern Colorado can expect damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, 2-inch hail, heavy rain and a chance for tornadoes, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the weather service's Pueblo office.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
Some will get caught in the tornado’s damaging hail, some of which is the size of softballs, or worse, in the tornado funnel itself, where 150-mph-plus winds flip cars, and kill people.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats, with a low (non-zero) tornado threat.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The plains in southeastern Colorado can expect damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, 2-inch hail, heavy rain and a chance for tornadoes, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the weather service's Pueblo office.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
Some will get caught in the tornado’s damaging hail, some of which is the size of softballs, or worse, in the tornado funnel itself, where 150-mph-plus winds flip cars, and kill people.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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