How to Use detriment in a Sentence

detriment

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  • Franchy Cordero is a bit better but is a big detriment in the field.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
  • In a short series the lack of power can be a detriment as the Guardians found out against the Yankees.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • So there’s a sense in which Iran has gained a lot after 2011, to the detriment of Russia.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022
  • But this triad was abandoned long ago, to the detriment of all.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There is no doubt that the wealth of some has greatly increased to the detriment of others.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 26 Nov. 2022
  • What if Kennedy’s abrasive crassness is not a detriment to his cause but, rather, part of the appeal?
    — Charles McCrary, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Anything less would be a detriment to his long-term career with the Bengals.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The king of design patents is Apple, which has filed and asserted its rights over the shape of the iPhone to Samsung’s detriment.
    — Wen Xie, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • Doing so would be a detriment to the city’s east side, supporters said.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Giuliani would never turn his back on Trump, much to his detriment.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But the capper is the future-seeing Dr. Fate changing the future to his own detriment.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • It is seen as both right and noble to follow your dreams to the detriment of all your other desires.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But The Last of Us isn't playing around: mankind will always be the biggest detriment to mankind, even in the apocalypse.
    — Men's Health, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Democrats are spread more widely than those in Minnesota, but that could prove to be a detriment.
    — John McCormick, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • That lack of attempts often came to the detriment of teams that often lacked shooting.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Feige and his team felt this mandate keenly, to detriment of Marvel’s movies, sources say.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This move also could work to the detriment of Democrats, even in deep-blue California.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This is a series haunted (maybe to its detriment) by Martin Crane.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • But no more silly than the idea that paying back student loans takes money out of the hands of good people to their detriment.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Yes, dry weather is good for business, but brutal heat can be a detriment.
    — Mark Pratt, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Doing so would only be to their detriment by overlooking what was right in front of them.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • That theme song is burned in my memory, both as an attractant and as a detriment.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Sometimes to his detriment, often to his credit, Truman did not fit in.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • And that’s been to their economic strengths and to their competitive advantage, and to the U.S.’s detriment.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean cultural issues won’t be part of the campaign and potentially to the detriment of the Democrat.
    — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2022
  • Gross and company saw the mortgage crash coming thanks to their deep knowledge of the market, and even called it too early, to their detriment.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 7 May 2022
  • Those lighter – and vastly more important – elements take a back seat in Season 4, much to the detriment of the series..
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
  • At a housewarming party, guests try to make contact during a séance — to their own detriment.
    — Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The Bronco Sport Heritage Editions lean more heavily on the latter, but to no detriment of the former.
    — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Society forgets that all too often, to the detriment of the victims of abuse, crime and other traumas.
    — oregonlive, 20 May 2022

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