How to Use detriment in a Sentence

detriment

noun
  • Anything that takes him out of that would be to his detriment.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • As in, ready to believe things to your detriment.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And his length is more of an asset than a detriment in his case.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • In fact, the secondary might be more of a detriment than a help.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
  • Franchy Cordero is a bit better but is a big detriment in the field.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
  • But this triad was abandoned long ago, to the detriment of all.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Perhaps to their own detriment.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Caregivers do those things, often to the detriment of their own needs.
    — Paul Swiech, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Half the league is building for the future at the detriment of the present.
    — Sam McDowell March 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The other modes stray even further from golf, to their detriment.
    — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 29 June 2021
  • But at least for the moment, this has worked to Democrats’ detriment.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
  • Now, her product picks are right on point (to the detriment of my budget).
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Nine toes off the cliff, Phil sought hero shots, sometimes to his detriment.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 May 2021
  • The high fashion world, hugely to it's detriment, is quite sizeist.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 22 June 2017
  • If the feds don’t take the lead, the teachers unions will—to the detriment of students.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2020
  • For decades, we’ve been hoodwinked by the fetishization of coal, to the detriment of us all.
    — Jonathan Thompson, New Republic, 21 Sep. 2017
  • There are a few things that feel culled from other movies and shoehorned in here to the film’s detriment.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 27 July 2018
  • The aversion to cash that most investors have is truly to their detriment.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • But the clear win for companies comes to the detriment of workers’ health.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There is no doubt that the wealth of some has greatly increased to the detriment of others.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 26 Nov. 2022
  • This guy is a true football player — hard-hitting to the point of detriment.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The crowds at Bethpage this weekend were a straight-up detriment.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That's going to be an economic detriment to them for years.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Wise sidestepped a question about whether Campbell’s arm length could be a detriment.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The problem, though, is that their leadership doesn’t care and that is a detriment to all of us.
    — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 25 July 2019
  • Here’s why Powell isn’t bothered—maybe to his detriment.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The new tax reform also benefits the rich to the detriment of the poor.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 4 June 2018
  • That would likely be a detriment to Josh Hart’s playing time.
    — Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The trade-off is that both classes take time to warm up, although that doesn’t feel like much of a detriment most of the time.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 4 June 2018
  • Or will the outcomes just be gravy for key companies and households to the detriment of the rest of us?
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 6 May 2017

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