Example Sentences

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If Pin’s death was indeed connected to the activities of trespassers, the poaching that has been wiping out Pin’s species in the wild, albeit in a different form, may have ended his life in captivity.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2023

And I don’t like to show off, but I already suspected that it was nothing to do with old age, because my brain has been wiping vital bits of information for decades.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2017

The ban is intended to protect North American salamanders from a fungus called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal, which has been wiping out salamander populations in Europe.

From The Verge • Feb. 17, 2016

And then again, it looks as if the other craft might be a motor boat, for some one has been wiping the engine off.

From Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie by Arundel, Louis

For long ages he has been putting off this royal robe, he has been wiping the balm of consecration from his own breast.

From The Terror A Mystery by Machen, Arthur