Sentence examples for blighted in from inspiring English sources

That the unwrought substance was blighted in order to fashion implements this was the crime of the artisan.

The City Council declared the neighborhood blighted in 1999, the first legal step for eminent domain proceedings.

She mentions Leo in her book 'Treason.' " Leo Penn, Sean's father, was a movie actor, whose career was blighted in the early fifties by the Hollywood blacklist.

Innumerable lives were blighted in those in-between years, and given long-lasting official unconcern about Aids, innumerable lives were lost.

He has also seen his career blighted in part by injury and illness; pre-tournament media conferences have routinely been akin to medical bulletins.

Much of industrial Britain was blighted in the 1980s and 1990s, but in Liverpool, and across the Mersey in and around Birkenhead, the blight was harsher, the desperation more acute, than just about anywhere else.

The research shows that youngsters growing up poor have their chances blighted - in terms of health, education and career.

Floods have blighted businesses in Braunton, Devon, on the final Saturday before Christmas.

Chestnut trees mostly succumbed to blight early in the 20th century.

Cool art galleries have sprung up in once blighted neighborhoods.

He added: "Human trafficking is a blight in our society.