How To Use Damaging In A Sentence

A energy absorbing structure is disclosed for the purpose of protecting human occupants of a vehicle from the damaging effects of sudden accelerative or decelerative forces by means of plastic deformation of the structure.
When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned.
That is damaging to native fish life and plant life, and contributes to the degradation of fresh waters.
In the wake of this summit he must rethink these deeply damaging proposals. Times, Sunday Times
It's also much more expensive to clean up and much more damaging to the proprietor seen as they usually cannot use a room I've just vacated - not until the fumigators have finished anyway.

Building the proposed new road would be environmentally damaging.
In low explosives, such as the propellant in a bullet cartridge, the reaction occurs relatively slowly and the pressure isn't as damaging.
In the long run, persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy.
But seeing the actual footage, with the minutes ticking by, may prove more damaging to the White House than all the statistics in the world.
Its only scourge - heavy lorries - rumbling through its streets, polluting the environment and damaging historic buildings.
It is a scourge to a sinful land; as once it was for the destruction of the whole world, so it is now often for the correction or discipline of some parts of it, by hindering seedness and harvest, raising the waters, and damaging the fruits. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
It did not contain any circuitry to limit damaging electrical spikes, so it is quite unsuitable for use with a computer.
The huge outcry in the wake of last year's organ retention scandals has had a very damaging effect with a large drop in the number of people donating organs for transplantation.
The British beef crisis was damaging to the livelihoods of thousands of people in the industry.
There's also a tendency I think to downplay, or forget, or make light of just how scurrilous and damaging a charge this was.
The problem is that the margin between stable and low inflation and damaging deflation is quite slight. Times, Sunday Times
But neither wished to risk damaging a close friendship. Times, Sunday Times
However, this process is not selective, produces solid sludge for disposal, may have environmentally damaging effects of its own, and must be repeated to be effective.
It was a troublesome end to a damaging week for the billionaire. Times, Sunday Times
Cultural isolation may be damaging to the business sector of one nation.
His concertos are made up of strings of juxtaposed contrasting movements (between four and six per concerto) and you sense that he could go on adding more gigues, sarabandes and gavottes without damaging the overall structure.
England are also led by a manager who is still struggling to get his team to assert themselves confidently, as a record of damaging draws suggests. Times, Sunday Times
In the long run, persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy.
The effects of comet and asteroid impacts are potentially damaging to life in general, and to human civilization in particular.
Taking the most damaging pictures requires precision timing and nerves of steel.
The really scary part is that, while all these symptoms can clear up by themselves, the disease can lie dormant in your system for decades before damaging vitals such as your nervous system and heart.
It is also responsible for damaging other organs including the kidneys, eyes and brain. Times, Sunday Times
To lose that ability to pursue would be very damaging. Times, Sunday Times
English in the West Indies; or, the/[Page xi]/Bow of Ulysses '(the long bow of Ulysses it should have been), provoked numerous damaging replies, the most effective of which was' Mr. Froude's Negrophobia; or, New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
It is also responsible for damaging other organs including the kidneys, eyes and brain. Times, Sunday Times
Choking agents, such as phosgene and diphosgene, block respiration by damaging the breathing mechanism, which can be fatal. FM 100-61 Chptr 14 NBC and Smoke Support
It's a very damaging mistake," the piece avers: "the idea that sniffing out the tasteless is the same thing as taste. 'Highbrow Fight Club'
It is well known that some cytostatic drugs are DNA-damaging agents.
As in Hawaii, one of the most invasive and damaging exotics is the guava plant, which covers more than 12% of the farm area of the biggest island in the group.
Pollution had also been a major problem, devastating the natural habitats of many animals and damaging the earth beyond repair.
This is a false and damaging generalisation. Times, Sunday Times
Heavy trees fell, damaging homes and in three cases crushing Tampa police cars.
Technology-based bullying would be particularly damaging to victims because online harassers can post pictures or videos anonymously and to large audiences.
Choking agents, such as phosgene and diphosgene, block respiration by damaging the breathing mechanism, which can be fatal. FM 100-61 Chptr 14 NBC and Smoke Support
The only significant natural damaging action, in the current climate, is erosion by topographically canalised rain water, mostly confined to becks and burns.
Tell them where their strategy is going wrong and damaging the business and its future prospects.
It's one of life's least damaging pleasures, and one that you, in those frightful tweeds, clearly don't take enough account of. THE WHITE DOVE
I believe in the effect of an increasing desensitization of people towards violence, and I believe that violent images of women are damaging.
A study said mums' fat deposits shorten a newborn's lifespan by damaging structures that help cells reproduce. The Sun
John Griffiths, who lived in the building 22 years before being forced out, accuses Casimir and Arrieta of purposefully damaging the building to make it unlivable.
And with the technological advancement of dyes, which are conditioning rather than damaging, there is no reason to surrender to the ageing process. Times, Sunday Times
Knowingly or not, these critics are mangling the facts to prove a debatable point and in the process damaging their own cause.
It is thought to have been started with flammable material which caused an explosion damaging three windows.
But more than a shallow puddle could risk damaging the electrics. The Sun
However, the second cell must be maintained to keep weeds from growing or rodents from burrowing and potentially damaging the liner.
To avoid damaging the face of the trim, pry nails out the back with locking pliers or nippers (end-cutting pliers).
This is because the degree of human exposure created by a unit of emissions of health-damaging pollutants depends on where they are released relative to where people spend time, their exposure effectiveness. Chapter 8
It would be yet another example of the damaging covermount culture which is destroying any perception of value around recorded music. Archive 2007-07-01
Popular entertainment has proved a useful tool in reinforcing damaging stereotypes about single, working women as desperate nutcases who use the workplace as little more than a hunting ground for husbands.
The immune system attacks, damaging the small intestine lining. The Sun
He added that this is undermining the confidence consumers have in the quality and tractability of Irish potatoes with potentially very damaging consequences for growers.
The changed item could do harm to the author by mocking him or damaging his reputation.
Tourists have also been blamed for damaging its coral reefs and marine fauna. Times, Sunday Times
Every violation of the law is damaging to the good order and expectations of society.
Never use aluminium as poisonous seepage will react with the plant alkaloids and its vitamin content, thus damaging the therapeutic properties.
A study said mums' fat deposits shorten a newborn's lifespan by damaging structures that help cells reproduce. The Sun
The most damaging combination was to be the younger sibling of older brothers. Times, Sunday Times
Protecting the Kidney : A 25-cent pill called acetylcysteine is often given to patients undergoing diagnostic X-rays of their coronary arteries to prevent contrast dye used in the procedures from damaging kidneys. Four Heart Treatments Questioned In Studies
This blood-letting is damaging the reputation of the party.
‘To be honest I don't want to get into political slanging about it - it's not where I'm at, but it was quite damaging,’ she says.
The caretaker ran out and saw off the boys who had been damaging the fence.
The use of Peano arithmetic is fairly pervasive in mathematical physics, hence, at first sight, this appears to be highly damaging to the prospects for a final Theory of Everything in physics. Archive 2009-06-01
It has been a damaging week for the family coffers. Times, Sunday Times
The maker says its thermo-formed parts help to prevent accidental knocks damaging the contents. Times, Sunday Times
Is the recycling process in itself damaging to the environment?
The causal connection between mood-altering substance or behaviour and the damaging consequences continues to be denied and the denial is intensified.
Despite this prudent, but politically damaging, platform, the party made gains, mainly in urban areas.
Worries about Greek's debt crisis have roiled the oil market for months because of fears that it could rend apart the euro zone, thus damaging the broader global economy, curbing demand for crude oil and squelching investors' appetite for such risky assets as commodities. Crude Rises on Greek Plan
This can be very damaging for export industries and industries competing with imports.
Tourism is damaging the flora and fauna of the island.
The panties, which are made of ring-spun cotton for a soft touch, are sold in patented packages that let consumers touch them without damaging the pack.
It's admittedly not such a damaging policy in deflationary conditions such as those afflicting the advanced industrial economies now. Times, Sunday Times
The forester implored anyone seeing vandals damaging the tree to report it immediately to the police.
The rest pressed on and were over the Mobile Fleet by 6: 30 P.M. In growing darkness, the Americans attacked, damaging several vessels and sinking three, the carrier Hiyo and two oilers.
And as Murray writes, everybody enjoys the college experience as it is provided today - no ego-damaging exams, yes walk-in orgies, Polynesian islands full of coconut trees where responsability or commitment are unheard of. Charles Murray on Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Unfortunately, on Anthony's second run of the morning he aquaplaned off the circuit, damaging the chassis.
Otherwise, it risks irrevocably damaging the historic legacy of the 2008 Games.
Twelve Fireflies and nine Seafires from HMS Triumph armed with rockets attacked Haeju Airfield, damaging hangars and buildings, but no aircraft were sighted.
No matter Pablo, just being indicted is a good start and very damaging for any career .. Think Progress » DeLay Hysterics: Indictment Among the Most Baseless “in American History”
Nothing else could explain why Bush hasn't fired this knucklehead from the Department of Children & Families, where Regier has served two damaging years as secretary. August 2004
The report says highly intensive agriculture using herbicide tolerant GM crops may be very damaging to biodiversity.
Furthermore, the process by which the rights of a patent are exercised is costly, damaging, and net-net ends up wasting, in my estimation, much more energy that could otherwise be put into more essential or meaningful pursuits. And the monopoly goes to… | FactoryCity
The President will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial.
Look how untenable and damaging it is. Mothers who Leave
Incentives need to be reinforced by disincentives that discourage damaging actions.
It is often unconscious but no less damaging for that,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
Lead is potentially damaging to children's health.
Install K-Rated transformers which have special cores, double-sized neutral lug and special windings that filter damaging harmonics.
Aerosol propellants contain flammable and nerve-damaging ingredients as well as tiny particles that can lodge in your lungs.
I think cap-and-trade would be a ham-fisted, unhelpful, damaging thing to the economy. ... Tim Pawlenty: Cap-And-Trade Support Was 'A Mistake' (AUDIO)
But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment.
And the damaging 10p tax fiasco was a ridiculous own goal. The Sun
Now, after 40 years of damaging pedestrians and vehicles as the tiny tiles became unstuck, and allowing water to corrode the concrete's steel reinforcement, the building's owner has decided to act.
Few unions are wealthy enough that a significant loss of membership is not damaging to their cashflow. Times, Sunday Times
The jokes and attitudes are as wrong and damaging as any racial or ethnic slur. Exploring language (6th edn)
The argument could lead to a damaging split in the party.
It was in this capacity that he became embroiled in a damaging series of scandals.
The report suggested case workers were concerned about damaging their relationship with her by being overly confrontational.
Farmers would then have to use more and more damaging weedkillers to get rid of them, with knock-on impacts on the environment.
The anticlerical religious settlement was perhaps the most emotive and damaging reform of the republican government.
Police quoted witnesses as saying the bomb, placed in a standing rickshaw and targeting a police van, was exploded by remote control, damaging both the van and the three-wheeler.
This current system is unworkable, impractical and damaging to the physical and economic health of our once lovely Auld Grey Town.
She said: 'It is very damaging that a public figure could behave like this with seemingly relative impunity. The Sun
As bad luck would have it, nine German U-boats stumbled across the manoeuvres and torpedoed the ships, sinking two ships and damaging a third.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. William James
The problem is that the margin between stable and low inflation and damaging deflation is quite slight. Times, Sunday Times
Wash your garment with care and avoid scrubbing excessively to prevent damaging it.
If you can't pry out the nails without further damaging the wall, use the snips to cut the bead from around the nailheads.
By damaging the photograph we fear that we will harm the person. Times, Sunday Times
Misalignment is rapidly spotted and is immediately damaging to the reputation of the organisation and its leaders. Times, Sunday Times
Until the proposals to change wiretapping and surveillance laws are made more specific, it is difficult to assess how damaging to civil liberties they will be.
The resulting ballet, Billboards, set to music by the rock star Prince, earned the company millions but the sight of its dancers gyrating wildly in bikinis generated much damaging criticism.
This lack of consistent support can be hugely damaging. Times, Sunday Times
We must avoid the damaging boom-bust cycles which characterised the 1980s.
There was no way of removing the feet at the end of the day without damaging them and so each pair could only be used once.
It warned that the vitriol and bitterness of this one was damaging British business. Times, Sunday Times
UVA rays are at their worst in summertime, constantly penetrating our epidermis, damaging our collagen and elastin fibres and creating wrinkles, crinkles, sags and bags all the more likely.
Damaging the goods puts you under an obligation to buy them.
Any sanction to bar the defaulting party from adducing the relevant evidence may not help the innocent party, as he may be deprived of the benefit of documents damaging to the defaulting party's case.
When they blew their chance two years ago it had a hugely damaging effect on the club. The Sun
Lobotomy is notorious for its over-zealous application and long-term damaging effects, post-trauma counselling - otherwise known as 'debriefing' - has been shown to make trauma worse in some people, and drug company advertising is widely cited for its insidious effects on both doctors and patients. Mind Hacks: July 2006 Archives
Some are even talking of stagflation - a damaging combination of high inflation and negative growth that has not reared its ugly head since the 1970s.
The arrests came after the police received reports that a gang of youths were allegedly hurling racist abuse at taxi drivers and damaging vehicles.
And luxuriant greenery is a magnet for local wildlife in the dry, so station gardens also require considerable fortification to discourage pigs and wallabies from making damaging incursions.
Wash your garment with care and avoid scrubbing excessively to prevent damaging it.
Interestingly, rapamycin did not prevent cell death induced by DNA damaging agents such as etoposide and UV. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Wise insisted: 'It has all had a damaging effect on my career and has not been fantastic for me. The Sun
The aim is to ensure that young people are fully aware of the damaging health effects and legal consequences of drug use.
Perhaps more damaging, mechanizing the drug discovery process may not have left enough room for hunches and serendipity.
A layer of polymers could prevent the damaging micro-organisms from getting a foothold.
I also go to the farmer's market that's started nearby, but then the greengrocer pointed out to me that it's damaging his business.
And with the technological advancement of dyes, which are conditioning rather than damaging, there is no reason to surrender to the ageing process. Times, Sunday Times
But lack of consistency can be equally damaging. Christianity Today
In the wake of this summit he must rethink these deeply damaging proposals. Times, Sunday Times
In the long run, arguing may have a damaging effect on your relationship, and on your whole family.
It's still uncertain if the damaging gossip is true, but if it were, I would only respect Sharon that much more!
After four days of paddling almost 100 miles upriver, the remaining two canoes reached the German ships and set their mines, flooding four cargo ships and damaging a minesweeper.
Two chemicals in tobacco smoke, nicotine and carbon monoxide, are particularly damaging. Times, Sunday Times
Moderate Kosovan leaders such as Ibrahim Rugova have condemned the guerrillas for damaging the quest for independence.
For the second time in ten years, the government has driven the economy into deep and damaging recession.
The use of Peano arithmetic is fairly pervasive in mathematical physics, hence, at first sight, this appears to be highly damaging to the prospects for a final Theory of Everything in physics. Archive 2009-06-01
Unfortunately, 98 per cent of those offerings were judged to be "greenwash" - produced, marketed or sold in ways that were still environmentally damaging. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
He has written to the Berlin-based national association of advertising agencies telling them their obsession with Scottish meanness is damaging.
Despite this prudent, but politically damaging, platform, the party made gains, mainly in urban areas.
Polish officials, for example, were annoyed to be told to invite a senior Russian to a recent pro-democracy shindig in Cracow: excluding him would supposedly have caused a damaging row.
ZAHN: And if it turns out the gas that was used was some kind of antithetic or opiate, is it possible that they didn't understand how damaging too strong a potency could be? CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2002
Indirectly, and of more damage to the environment, there are also misemployed resources - people doing damaging things simply for the money.
He's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity.
But more than a shallow puddle could risk damaging the electrics. The Sun
She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem.
These are alarming numbers and economically very damaging - and they are not mere conjecture. Times, Sunday Times
It has been damaging to the campaign to make Nato solidarity conditional in some way according to how much members have put into the defence kitty. Times, Sunday Times
However, in 1996, scientists at the University of Illinois in Chicago found that astaxanthin protected the retinas of rats exposed to damaging light.
Although he has made it clear he will not regard the motion as binding, such a defeat would be immensely damaging and could even lead to his downfall.
But no, they had to convey their extreme excitement by bellowing at us through the mic, and permanently damaging our hearing.
Courtney's status as godhead shines through in the simple reason that personal contact with deities can be damaging to mere mortals, but their actions viewed at a remove provide free-floating signifiers.
Actually it is unmeasured and probably economically damaging. Times, Sunday Times
Be careful if you take it with you on outings, such as shopping or dining - you risk damaging or losing it.
Matt Busby and Brian Clough outstayed their time at Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, with damaging results, although the depth of the gratitude felt by their supporters meant that criticism was largely muted. José Mourinho joins Arsène Wenger in facing the stirrings of rebellion | Richard Williams
Though certainly not the only chipping-away tools - some would hold that Honest Abe was the chief "chipper" - the rush to certify a non-complier / qualifier as commander in chief may turn out to be the most damaging yet. Victorville Daily Press :
It can be very damaging for zonal geraniums and other light-sensitive seedlings. The Sun
There have been many recent changes in government intervention programmes causing damaging uncertainty.
The only significant natural damaging action, in the current climate, is erosion by topographically canalised rain water, mostly confined to becks and burns.
A coach can ride out a grumpy administration, dissatisfied fans or damaging headlines.
The hurricane put seven platforms out of action as well as damaging mobile rigs and springing leaks in oil and gas pipelines.
The Scottish Executive's suggestion that the park should also be neutered by depriving it of powers to control damaging developments has also run into fierce opposition.
This scandal could prove seriously damaging to the government.
With this procedure, the water creates an abrasive spray as effective, but not as damaging, as sandblasting.
It is damaging to our image and deters people from coming here.
This doesn't mean the trust is all gone, but it will have a damaging effect on your credibility and your dependability. Faking an injury is never a good idea
ESB spokesperson Pauline Madigan said the situation could have been much worse as the winds were south-westerly instead of the usually more damaging north-westerly winds.
The causal connection between mood-altering substance or behaviour and the damaging consequences continues to be denied and the denial is intensified.
All users should refrain from damaging the driving range, its fixture and equipment.
Informal and unrecorded exports of gold and diamonds produce the same outcome, and are particularly damaging if the gold or the uncut diamonds were imported into the country.
The technique minimizes water evaporation and allows roots to be fed by normally damaging briny water.
The halo goes to the server or salesperson who can devise a dialogue that will induce rankist customers to become aware of their own damaging behavior and change their ways. Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism
It was decided to float the pound because a fixed value was damaging exports.
Some of the most damaging ties are fastened around trees for secondary purposes, for washing lines, swings or bird box fixings.
The final development is vitrification, a freezing technique that allows embryos to be stored without damaging them. Times, Sunday Times
The forester implored anyone seeing vandals damaging the tree to report it immediately to the police.
This insect is among the most damaging arthropod pests of pears in North America and Europe.
But more than a shallow puddle could risk damaging the electrics. The Sun
We think the risk is that it will confirm him in his view that there is no problem and he can continue with policies that are damaging the country.
A) Active coral interaction zone where one coral is attacking another and damaging the tissue with mesenterial filaments. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
The goal is to find an organism that feeds and reproduces entirely or primarily on the target weed, significantly damaging it and reducing its ability to compete with other vegetation.
Hickman had come up with the idea in 1961 after damaging a pricey Swedish armchair from Heal's while using it as an improvised sawhorse. In praise of… the Workmate | Editorial
In the end, nothing is more damaging to any form of diversity than a closed mind.
This issue has two prongs, as while those comments are quite unacceptable, for them to be attributed to a senior police officer is very damaging.
This is often too big a job to take on by yourself (without damaging other plants or yourself) and I would recommend hiring a professional arborist.
You won't have a problem damaging the sensitive innards with neglected battery acid and the camera's light metering system will work correctly every time.
The test is whether a sale or subletting can objectively be considered 'damaging to [the landlord's] property interests'. Times, Sunday Times
The potentially damaging book comes after an apparent thawing of relations between the prime minister and his chancellor, with well placed insiders saying the often tempestuous relationship is on its most even keel in years.
Wise insisted: 'It has all had a damaging effect on my career and has not been fantastic for me. The Sun
Second, some of the actions of land conservancies have been very damaging – using allies in government to force people to sell to them at a huge discount, and forcing others to sell by grabbing all the land around them and screwing things up. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein I Actually Agree with Dianne Feinstein

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