Sentence examples for seemed damaging from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Gore's move seemed damaging in a fundamental way.

Not many of them were left, and those who remained seemed damaged.

For months, as the scandal over abusive priests unfolded in Boston, the archbishop, Cardinal Bernard F. Law, seemed damaged, but still in control.

John Trevelyan was up against John Mortimer, the egg-shaped civil libertarian, and a man with such fleshy, saliva-producing lips as to have seemed damaged at birth.

A week ago his leadership hopes seemed damaged by defeat, and Brian Lenihan, the finance minister, was seen as the main beneficiary.But Mr Lenihan may have lost backbench support amid claims that he publicly backed Mr Cowen while privately encouraging dissent.

But in Detroit, everything seemed damaged and fragmented.

Erlewine voiced a common criticism of the album: that Carey's voice seemed "damaged" in comparison to her "glory years" in the 1990s.

Such encounters might seem damaging to the point of masochism, but strategists reckon they make Mr Blair look in touch with the public, dispelling the notion that he is preoccupied by foreign affairs.

No matter what, his image seems damaged.

The Labour party seems damaged beyond immediate repair.

A few playful swats during sex seem fun, while serious spankings seem damaged and perverse.