Example Sentences

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Writers are beholden to truth rather than any particular narrative form, and the deconstructive and interior turns in fiction have yielded great works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

That was an auteur take on the play that nearly drowned Marvel’s Blanche in a bathtub, but her performance was galvanized by the deconstructive assault.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Waissel called the music industry "very manipulative, coercive and deconstructive", saying "it sucks the soul out of people".

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

One of its hairpin turns had Drucker and Setzer briefly stepping on each other’s toes, and some of its more aggressively deconstructive stretches turned my knuckles whiter than usual.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

“Both Mason and I were really in a deconstructive state of mind in terms of anything can go on any given day,” Gossard said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2020