destructiveness
Example Sentences
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The play is often seen as a moralizing critique of the pernicious destructiveness of capitalism, the soul-destroying “rat race” that Willy Loman so resoundingly loses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Yet the theme persists, from the singular destructiveness of the kaiju to the way that people onscreen watch their rampages through televisions and the Internet, observers of the existential changes upending the world.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
Ms Pollack, the Cornell president, said in a statement on Sunday: "The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023
This level of injustice and cruelty can manifest itself in people who have suffered a great deal from its same destructiveness too.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2023
Eventually, all three students would quarrel fiercely, unleashing a cycle of envy and destructiveness that would blaze through the discipline of genetics.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
