Example Sentences

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One headline summed up the problem this way: “Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

Wiped out by the crash of ’29, a woman marries a Georgia millionaire and lives life to the fullest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2020

It was like: ‘You were here in New Orleans, your life was like this and that’s it. That life is gone for ever. Wiped away.’

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2019

Wiped out, Jenkins didn’t re-enroll in college right away.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2017

She pointed her finger at me and said, “She wiped out every sprig of my generations—she hates me so. Wiped out each one but JimmyTrotter.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia