Example Sentences
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Roofs were torn off houses and walls collapsed when the weather hit Stalybridge in Greater Manchester on Wednesday.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023
Roofs collapsed, cars were buried and roads were blocked.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023
Roofs were missing, doorways were hung with tarps or jute tents, and piles of nearby rubble had not been moved.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
Roofs leak and ceiling tiles, made with asbestos, fall during rains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022
Along the Road, we had a Prospect of Boston Town across the River Charles, which Warren of Unfortunates shewed no Activity—being mere Roofs & Steeples & Quays & the Masts of Warships in the Bay.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
