wronging

present participle of wrong

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wronging
Verb
  • Rich people victimizing poor people and the world.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The email is the most recent evidence to emerge that McCorkle and other Henry County leaders knew about allegations against Bertram for years, but failed to stop him from victimizing more men.
    Tony Cook, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Companies clinging to this outdated model risk losing their best talent, hurting families of working parents, and ultimately harming their bottom line.
    Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Natural lacquers are free of toxins, and a special buffing method is used to color and shine nails without harming the hands and feet.
    Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Abusers frequently assert financial control by interfering with their partners’ ability to work, including stalking or harassing at their worksite.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Three teenagers, who the police say are those in the photo, were allegedly harassing customers in the restaurant and then attempted to open the cash register when an employee stepped away.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the Franciscan missionaries oppressing the Native Americans in the painting had arrows piercing their heads and bodies.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As her condition worsens, her fiancé’s brooding cousin becomes an unwilling participant in the evil forces tormenting her.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This demon, for want of a better word, seems to relish tormenting people.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Colorado Springs club shooting A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in November 2022 in Colorado Springs shortly before midnight and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect was indicted by a federal grand jury in July and is also accused of shooting and injuring another state lawmaker and his wife earlier the same day.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The former human-rights lawyer entered on a tourist visa and filed for political asylum in October of that year, claiming the governments that succeeded Correa were persecuting him.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For 25 years, Chavism has co-opted Venezuela's infrastructure for its own enrichment, persecuting journalists and opposition, wrecking the economy, and leaving its citizens in poverty.
    Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And targeting, torturing, and murdering political opponents, rivals, and critics have marked the conflict since its beginning.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jamie Simpson of Covington was sentenced in March to 60 years in prison for holding his wife captive and torturing her for hours before barricading himself inside her home in a lengthy standoff with police.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Wronging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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