Canada was affected detrimentally by losing for a time the prestige consequent on being backed up by British ironclads and regiments, every available soldier and every vessel of war being required for the protection of British interests nearer home.
"The Dominion in 1983"
Ralph Centennius
Her toilette had evidently been made in haste: her brooch was awry; and her hair, banded down the face after the fashion of the time, hung an inch below one ear and exposed the lobe of the other, dealing detrimentally with her dignity, despite her fine physique.
"A Daughter of the Vine"
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The poor woman's physical sufferings had without doubt reacted detrimentally on her temperament and temper.
"Hilda Lessways"
Arnold Bennett