Example Sentences

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We are annihilating the feminine as a force wherever it resides — in women, in men, of the natural world.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2020

They have already depopulated the whole of Baffin's Bay, and are annihilating a class of useful animals.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules

The Forum is tiring; emotion is tiring; tears are tiring; quarrelling is tiring; travelling through to Rome is tiring; all five together are annihilating.

From Dangerous Ages by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

Alberta should be wiser than the states below the international boundary that are annihilating their remnants of birds as fast as they can be found.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple