destroying

Example Sentences

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Chinese destroyers sailing past those bases today could, in war, be tasked with striking and destroying them, said Koh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

I don’t think he took that into account, and unfortunately he ended up crashing into a meter, thereby destroying our idea for being in a slow-moving car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in May the bid was destroying "trust" in Germany's second-largest private bank.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

“They say in the industry destroying a launch pad is the second-worst thing that can happen,” Keeton said, “with the first being loss of a crew.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

He is thinking how strange it was that a wedding present to me should have been the cause of destroying a wedding present to Rebecca.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier