was demolishing
- past progressive of demolish.
Example Sentences
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But the IDF said on Tuesday that it was demolishing tunnels that led to the Sinai peninsula.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
A few physicians had been deeply kind and tried their hardest to discover the culprit that was demolishing my body and upending my life.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
Clair’s cousin was demolishing the old school, and Clair got crash doors and windows at a good price, too.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2015
He believed his neighborhood’s worst years were over, now that the city was demolishing the legacies of the foreclosures.
From Salon ● May 12, 2013
The ram was demolishing the wall, when suddenly a fountain sprang forth from the disjointed stones.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
