English example sentences with "detriment"

For too long society has placed sole emphasis on children's test results, to the detriment of social discipline.
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The poor educational policy is a detriment to Japan.
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The family tried to save money by scrimping on food to the detriment of their own health.
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It being a name, I think you can just leave it as it is with no detriment to the translation.
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Those were drinking days, and most men drank hard. So very great is the improvement Time has brought about in such habits, that a moderate statement of the quantity of wine and punch which one man would swallow in the course of a night, without any detriment to his reputation as a perfect gentleman, would seem, in these days, a ridiculous exaggeration.
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This discovery has been exploited to the detriment of the poor peasants.
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How quickly to my detriment cruel Luck has changed!
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A slander isn't a slander unless it's uttered to your detriment before a third party.
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Her journalistic work was extremely time-consuming, which was unfortunately to the detriment of her literary career.
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That is a detriment to your health.
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It is a detriment to my health.
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