Example Sentences

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Crews were demolishing a five-story warehouse near the Mississippi River that burned Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Just last December, the authorities had announced they were demolishing the 1,500 weakest structures.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

The Germans were demolishing barracks, factories, public utilities and all large buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive

This week Moscow dispatches reported that the Germans in Orel were demolishing the city, preparing to retreat through a narrowing corridor in their rear.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was talking to Mr. Beebe, and as she spoke, her long narrow head drove backwards and forwards, slowly, regularly, as though she were demolishing some invisible obstacle.

From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)