Example Sentences

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Mr. Montañez Ortiz said destructing furniture was a way “to release a spirit as part of a reconciling.”

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Young students have grubby fingers, and they’re prone to touching, spilling on, and generally destructing most papers they contact.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019

But to understand the dynamic that can lead to a destructing hatred between brothers such as Chuck and Jimmy McGill of AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” it helps to read the actual story.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2017

He said that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $535 million to settle SEC allegations that it created a self- destructing CDO for the benefit of a client, hedge-fund manager John Paulson.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 29, 2011