How to Use demolition derby in a Sentence

demolition derby

noun
  • Lies said the change was made because there are other demolition derbies being held at the fair’s closing day.
    — Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
  • Behind them is a demolition derby of nearly a dozen Democrats.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Be sure to catch the more destructive standards, such as chain-saw art, monster trucks and a demolition derby.
    — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Sprint races are the demolition derby of cross-country skiing, short and speedy and often fraught with peril.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2021
  • For car and truck lovers, this year’s fair will offer a figure 8 event, a demolition derby, truck pulls and tractor pulls.
    — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The demolition derby is one such event that draws a particularly big crowd.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Rides and some attractions, such as the monster trucks and demolition derby, cost extra.
    — Briona Butler, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Marvis selling tickets in the shade of the grandstand, where the demolition derby was the biggest draw.
    — Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Digg just rounded up a few of the most satisfying demolition derbies.
    — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The lineup includes concerts, mud pits and a demolition derby.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In addition to live music, the rave featured a football game and a demolition derby.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021
  • As a way to collectively release some tension, then, this week's demolition derby group date is great!
    — Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Several early episodes go by with hardly any time spent in a car, which seems to go against the whole point of adapting a demolition derby video game.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 July 2023
  • The siblings came to the demolition derby to celebrate their dad’s birthday.
    — Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
  • This week is demolition derby week at the OC Fair, a fan favorite that fills the arena each year.
    — Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Like a Humvee in a demolition derby of Fiats, the continents won't go down.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Other highlights of the fair include truck and tractor pulls, demolition derby and the annual chili cook-off.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2021
  • Hamilton avoided trouble at the start as the cars bolted uphill into the blind left turn that can turn the field into a demolition derby.
    — Jim Vertuno, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2019
  • For a while against Auburn, this was the Alabama victory lap that felt like a demolition derby.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Watch a demolition derby, cruise the agriculture and craft exhibits, turn the kids loose on the carnival rides, and get up close to farm animals.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
  • Owners who defy this edict will be tied down and forced to watch their machines being destroyed during a demolition derby that will be free for the public to watch.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Five stages of entertainment, rides and games, a demolition derby, a classic car show, and, of course, livestock judging are on the agenda.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2022
  • The oldest fair in the land offers demolition derbies, horse races, farm animals, sky divers, midway rides and games, live music and food truck cuisine.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The Stampede offers up two of the biggest demolition derbies in the Northeast.
    — Chip McCabe, courant.com, 6 June 2019
  • The floors of the buildings over the years have bowed and collapsed, piling weaving machines on top of themselves like a vertical demolition derby.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2022
  • As usual, the fair will include a number of bands performing, a demolition derby, a petting zoo, a classic car show, food vendors and more.
    — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2021
  • Family fun and a demolition derby to support the Special Olympics.
    — Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 22 July 2021
  • The only way to save the city is to destroy a big chunk of it — a Manhattan demolition derby dictated by Albany.
    — Curbed, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Now the Viaduct turns into a two-story demolition derby as people make desperate bids to reach the nearest off-ramp before the thing buckles.
    — Bruce Barcott, Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2011
  • Some of the activities at the fair will include a rodeo, horse racing, monster truck events, a demolition derby, a carnival, fair exhibits, food and drink.
    — Doug Duran, The Mercury News, 22 June 2019

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