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01. Two people were killed, and a dozen others [injured] when a bus ran off the road in the rain over the weekend.
02. She [injured] her back lifting a heavy box while she was moving into her new apartment.
03. He was in a terrible car accident, and later died of his [injuries].
04. Continuing to drink has been [injurious] to his recovery from liver disease.
05. I [injured] my back playing basketball with my daughter, and have been off work for almost a week.
06. He got a number of [injuries] in the car accident, including a broken arm and leg.
07. You'd better stay out of competition for a while if you don't want that [injury] to become chronic.
08. His cruel comments [injured] my pride.
09. The Chinese philosopher Confucius once said, "Forget [injuries], but never forget kindnesses."
10. I [injured] my leg in a car accident.
11. I hope I don't [injure] myself when I go bungy jumping.
12. There is a Yiddish proverb which states that he who puts up with insult invites [injury].
13. There is a French proverb which states, "Write [injuries] in sand, but kindnesses in marble."
14. The victim's [injuries] are not considered life-threatening.
15. A rat can fall from a 5-story building without [injury].
16. His knee [injury] prevented him from playing professional basketball.
17. She received only minor [injuries] in the car accident.
18. I'm glad my son doesn't like skateboarding. My neighbor's son often [injures] himself trying new tricks on his board.
19. Two of the people in the car accident were seriously hurt, but the third passenger was totally [uninjured].
20. The young girl fell out of the apple tree, [injuring] her back.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • injure — INJURE. s. f. Tort, outrage de fait ou de parole. Grande injure. injure atroce, sanglante, irreparable. faire injure, faire une injure à quelqu un. endurer, souffrir une injure. oublier, pardonner les injures. repousser les injures. venger l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • injure — in·jure vt in·jured, in·jur·ing 1: to interfere with or violate the legally protected interests of: as a: to harm the physical, emotional, or mental well being of b: to cause (another) to suffer from damage to, deprivation of, or interference… …   Law dictionary

  • injure — injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil all mean to affect someone or something so as to rob it of soundness, strength, or perfection or to reduce its value, usefulness, or effectiveness. Injure in its earliest and still frequent sense… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Injure — In jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Injuring}.] [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See {Injury}.] To do harm to; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • injure — in‧jure [ˈɪndʒə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] 1. to cause physical harm to someone or to yourself, for example in an accident: • He sought compensation after being injured by a defective product. 2. to make an industry, economy, company, or investor… …   Financial and business terms

  • injure — [in′jər] vt. injured, injuring [altered < earlier injury, to harm < LME injurien < MFr injurier < L injuriari < injuria: see INJURY] 1. to do physical harm or damage to; hurt 2. to offend (one s feelings, pride, etc.); wound 3. to… …   English World dictionary

  • injure — INJURE: Doit toujours se laver dans le sang …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • injure — (v.) mid 15c., do an injustice to, dishonor, probably a back formation from INJURY (Cf. injury), or else from M.Fr. injuriier, from L. injurare. Injury also served as a verb (late 15c.). Related: Injured; injuring …   Etymology dictionary

  • injure — [v] hurt, harm abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in*, draw blood*, foul, foul up, grieve, hack up, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar,… …   New thesaurus

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