exterminating
- present participle of exterminate.
Example Sentences
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There’s also a family curse, which is what ultimately compels Rachel to stay, even at a reception that echoes Luis Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Somewhere, the aforementioned Spanish director behind “The Exterminating Angel” is nodding wryly at the idea of a satire about G-7 leaders set in a peat bog thick with mummified zombies.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024
In his book, “The Impossible Art,” the composer Matthew Aucoin recalled hearing an opera administrator say that putting on “The Exterminating Angel” was “like watching money burn.”
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024
The 2023-24 season, announced in March, has Dudamel leading a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin“ starting Sept. 23 and Thomas Ades’ “The Exterminating Angel” starting Feb. 9.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
It was a company of Exterminating Angels, at bottom the best fellows in the world.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
