Sample Sentences forinjurious (auto-selected)
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The belief is not only foolish, but potentially injurious.injurious = harmful
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Apparently, the White House is concerned that an attack on the American homeland this late in the president's second term might prove injurious to his legacy.† (source)
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When the nine of us compared notes, we discovered we were all facing an increasing barrage of injurious activities.† (source)
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To a forgiving and affectionate man, these clothes would have seemed tragic at the worst, not for a moment guilty or injurious.† (source)
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Errors such as these which have occurred over the last few months have been, naturally enough, injurious to one's self-respect, but then there is no reason to believe them to be the signs of anything more sinister than a staff shortage.† (source)
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They agree with me in apprehending that this false step in one daughter will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others; for who, as Lady Catherine herself condescendingly says, will connect themselves with such a family?† (source)
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It is known that you are not my sister; I cannot introduce you as such: to attempt it would be to fasten injurious suspicions on us both.† (source)
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The work was at once commenced, and pursued with true American energy; nor did the rapidity with which it went on injuriously affect its good execution.† (source)
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The robin talked this over with his mate a great deal for a few days but after that he decided not to speak of the subject because her terror was so great that he was afraid it might be injurious to the Eggs.† (source)
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And this is an abuse of great gravity in itself, and one that reacts injuriously on the government service.† (source)
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They contain such injurious information that when presented by you "Sir?"† (source)
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Athelstane, utterly confounded at an order which the manners and feelings of the times rendered so injuriously insulting, unwilling to obey, yet undetermined how to resist, opposed only the "vis inertiae" to the will of John; and, without stirring or making any motion whatever of obedience, opened his large grey eyes, and stared at the Prince with an astonishment which had in it something extremely ludicrous.† (source)
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We are all free to speak & do as we individually will-providing this "freedom" of Speech & Deed are not injurious to our fellow-man.† (source)
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He cannot yet credit that one may have impressive experience, and yet may not know how to put his private fact into literature; and perhaps the discovery that wisdom has other tongues and ministers than we, that though we should hold our peace, the truth would not the less be spoken, might check injuriously the flames of our zeal.† (source)
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Professing myself, moreover, convinced that the General's unjust interference, so far from being really injurious to their felicity, was perhaps rather conducive to it, by improving their knowledge of each other, and adding strength to their attachment, I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern.... Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey† (source)
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Why do you injuriously introduce the name of my mother by adoption?† (source)
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