ravaging

Example Sentences

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“You want to start to free up some assets into something short-term so you aren’t ravaging your portfolio all along, saying ‘Oh shoot, the market just tanked, but I need money now,’” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

In Cameroon, he denounced the “chains of corruption” that stand in the way of peace and justice, and accused a “handful of tyrants” of ravaging the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

One of those flashback chapters, “The Cradle of Civilization,” unravels the ironic, ravaging narcissistic, perhaps psychopathic implications of the title.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

“So the giant pursued your father, ravaging whole kingdoms to find him while he hid like a coward?”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley