Example Sentences

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You do all these things because it is how you tell people: Don’t worry about how I am destroying everything around you.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

If I am destroying important evidence, that is not freedom,” said Mr. Khan, who appears on India Today and the Aaj Tak news channel.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2015

They tell me that by my stubbornness in this doctrine of the Sacrament I am destroying the harmony of the church.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore

I have broken the heart of one man, and I am destroying the soul of another.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

And though your father does keep on grumbling and saying that I am destroying the old place, I don't think he really minds.

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)