DAMAGE in a Sentence

Learn DAMAGE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
179 example sentences for DAMAGE, such as:
1. The victim suffered severe brain damage.
2. Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.
3. The wheel really had suffered serious damage.
4. Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.
5. Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DAMAGE
damage
 n.  any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
 n.  loss of military equipment
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
2  Lastly, he laid aside his shield, which had received some little damage, and received another from his squires.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  They remonstrated also upon the risk of damage to their horses by these forced marches.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  Wrapped up carefully to preserve it from damage and dry-rot was the old family cradle, of rosewood.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  Here the trees, laden heavily with their new and humid leaves, were now suffering more damage than during the highest winds of winter, when the boughs are especially disencumbered to do battle with the storm.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
6  No great damage done, but the fellows are still at large.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
7  And if they didn't pay for the damage to the mirrors in the upper hall, she was going to have the law on them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
8  One night there was a beautiful electric storm, though not enough rain fell to damage the cut grain.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIX
9  "You are burnt beyond recognition," he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
10  "Though the dogs might damage the gal, if they come on her unawars," said Haley.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  The wheel really had suffered serious damage.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
12  The hull had received no damage on the starboard, but some of the planks had been unnailed here and there, according to custom, to permit of air entering the hold.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
13  They had sustained no other damage, however, than that of scratching nearly all the skin off their hands.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
14  "It's one of them horrid telegraph things, mum," she said, handling it as if she was afraid it would explode and do some damage.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
15  I was put to bed: however, I received no other damage than the loss of a suit of clothes, which was utterly spoiled.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
Example Sentence: (140 in 10 pages)
1  The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property.
2  The Railway Administration of Beijing redressed the damage done to my baggage during the transportation.
3  A diligent person, although because of his hard work and damage to his spiritual insight or fresh and creative, but he still will be praised.
4  The bomb was designed to cause the maximum amount of damage.
5  Tree roots can cause damage to buildings.
6  Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.
7  The victim suffered severe brain damage.
8  We will pay for any damage which results within a year.
9  Exposure to lead is known to damage the brains of young children.
10  It may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.
11  Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain.
12  There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure.
13  Severe brain damage turned him into a vegetable.
14  She could suffer irreversible brain damage if she is not treated within seven days.
15  He suffered severe brain damage after a motorbike accident.