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How to use damage in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Damage means injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. Example: “The storm did a lot of damage to the area.”

Examples of damage by meaning

nounInjury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

  • the damage is already done
  • The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

nounCost or expense.

  • "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

verbTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

  • Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
  • Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.

verbTo remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

  • Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?

More sentences with damage

  • They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.From the entry see
  • I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!From the entry buff
  • In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.From the entry sound
  • Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.From the entry sandbox
  • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.From the entry undo
  • The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.From the entry screwball
  • After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the damaged left engine’s propeller.From the entry feather
  • The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.From the entry condemn
  • The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.From the entry aerial
  • There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence.From the entry debate
  • When the ship was brought into dry dock, it was found that she had underwater damage.From the entry underwater
  • Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.From the entry amends
  • The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.From the entry camp
  • It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.From the entry Torah
  • Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?From the entry player
  • Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.From the entry whirlwind
  • The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.From the entry notice
  • Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.From the entry cosmetic
  • Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement.From the entry deplorable
  • The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.From the entry scope
  • The company made good the damage by paying my repair costs.From the entry make good
  • The company made good on the damage by paying my repair costs.From the entry make good
  • The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship’s boat.From the entry athwart
  • Loud noise can impinge on the eardrum, causing temporary hearing damage.From the entry impinge
  • As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.From the entry flatten
  • The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand.From the entry to the tune of
  • Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.From the entry bona fide
  • A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.From the entry recoup
  • They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.From the entry shore up
  • He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.From the entry recompense
  • Coolant is used in car engines and industrial processes, where excess heat could cause machine damage.From the entry coolant
  • We're having the sitting room refurbished, after a leak damaged a large part of the room.From the entry refurbish
  • Many US states have outlawed studs due to the damage they cause to paved roads.From the entry studs
  • Some of the dishes arrived damaged after their ham-handed moving efforts.From the entry ham-handed

Meaning of damage

  1. noun Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
  2. noun Cost or expense.
  3. verb To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

Full definition of damage

Questions about damage in a sentence

How do you use damage in a sentence?
Damage is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The storm did a lot of damage to the area.”
What is a short sentence with damage?
“the damage is already done”
What does damage mean?
Damage means injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: damage (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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