Example Sentences

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"If we believe we can’t avoid something, we will sabotage our own personal efforts to achieve any evidence that is in opposition to that belief," the Keeleys said.

From Fox News • Mar. 7, 2022

If none of this works, the female dragonfly will sabotage the flight, dive-bombing into the water to shake off and momentarily stall the male, who needs several seconds to take off again from the surface.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 6, 2021

If your mind is constantly questioning “What if …?”, that will sabotage your chance to experience pleasure.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2017

We recognise that cuts and efficiencies are necessary, but the 25% or more funding cuts being considered will sabotage Britain's unparalleled achievements in this area.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010

Say what one will about officeholders, even Soviet Russia was glad to get many of the old ones back; and these old officials, if they are too ruthlessly treated, will sabotage Utopia itself.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter