Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: injuring
IPA transcription: ['ɪndʒɚɪŋ]
Usage examples
  • When perfectly dry, wash them in lukewarm suds, to keep the vitriol from injuring the texture of the cloth.
  • This simple act renders the spinal cord insensitive, which condition may be maintained for hours without injuring the patient.
  • As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.
  • "Well missed!" added he, as the shot struck the water close to us, and bounded fairly over the boat, passing close beneath the main-boom and the foot of the mainsail, without injuring so much as a ropeyarn.
  • He will be so much taken up with the King and the Duke of York, that he is afraid he will Disoblige a great Number of the Nobility by it, besides injuring his own health by such Constant application to business.
  • In their delicate walking amidst the fragile articles on a table or mantel-piece, is illustrated the tact and discrimination by which we should thread rather than force our way; and, in pursuit of our own ends, avoid the injuring of others.