| People are unwilling to redistribute large amounts of income to their own detriment, and plans to do so usually have some ulterior end. |
| The poisoning of hounds forced half a dozen masters of packs of foxhounds to abandon hunting altogether, to the detriment of the local economy. |
| A planet in detriment or fall is in a precarious condition, more so if it is peregrine or otherwise afflicted. |
| It was around this time last year that veterans re-emerged as a potent political force to the detriment of Senator Kerry. |
| To the detriment of his career, he became a public critic of nuclear weaponry. |
| Our concern is that this is all a wheeze not to pay rent for the foreseeable future to the detriment of the pension fund. |
