Example Sentences

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And they worried that this call for hyper-vigilance was obliterating legitimate questions about how the system could be used to promote vigilante behavior or spy on neighbors and passersby.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2021

It was superb maternal jujitsu: paying lip service to relating to her daughter’s experience when in fact she was obliterating it, draining it of all meaning, blotting it out.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2020

Sunday morning in Washington, Mr. Obama's aides reviewed satellite images that officials said showed how continued shelling was obliterating evidence of chemical-weapon use, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 28, 2013

We could use a little better explanation of why Ravens Coach John Harbaugh wasted a nifty little fake field goal when his team was obliterating the Raiders.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2012

There were two women before me: one, coarse and awkward, was obliterating the other, so beautiful amid the ripe corn.

From The Choice of Life by Leblanc, Georgette