Example Sentences

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“If they take me to Rwanda, I will feel like I’m a dead man. Because everything, my idea that I have put in my mind, they will have destroyed it.”

From Reuters • Jun. 18, 2022

Unfortunately, the fire that consumed the taxi after the blast will have destroyed a lot of the forensic evidence that could reveal the nature and source of the explosive through residue.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2021

If word of this gets out, that manager will have destroyed the credibility of survey responses for many years to come.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2018

If the U.N. once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force then we will have destroyed the very foundation of the organization, and our best hope for establishing a world order.

From Time Magazine Archive

I trust you will have destroyed every barrack and public building, and removed the pickets and other defences around the fort at Detroit.

From The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock by Tupper, Ferdinand Brock