Sentence examples for harming itself from inspiring English sources
Economic interdependence also means that neither China nor the U.S. can hurt the other without harming itself.
If China's president, Xi Jinping, is serious about fighting corruption, then he should be working out how the legal system of the rest of the country can become more like Hong Kong's.China is harming itself in other ways.
So could it be that in trying to inflict economic pain on Russia, the EU will merely end up harming itself?
Hungary's conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the EU is harming itself by imposing sanctions on Russia, describing the measures as "shooting oneself in the foot".
If Russia cuts energy supplies to Europe it only reduces its own income and harms itself.
If Montenegro broke away, Mr Djindjic says, it might harm itself by ignoring its EU friends' advice.
The story of Adriana has obvious contemporary resonances, suggesting how a nation at war can harm itself as much as it damages its enemies.
In culture and national identification they are alien territories, and Israel only harms itself by trying to maintain a grip on them.
Mr. Mills contends, however, that the district has harmed itself, in part by not applying for grants and other state money for which the district is eligible.
He has argued that the British prime minister is relegating his country to a "category of special concern" in the EU where it must be treated like an unstable patient or a suicidal prisoner, liable to harm itself.
But except for a few wishful thinkers, everyone who witnessed the argument, read the transcript, or listened to the audio now expects the court to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act – and seriously harm itself in the process.
