How to Use destruction in a Sentence

destruction

noun
  • We are trying to save the building from destruction.
  • War results in death and widespread destruction.
  • There was a lot of destruction, a lot of death.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Guns do—and those bent on destruction know it.
    — John Feinblatt, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If this goes on, how much death, how much destruction is there?
    — NBC News, 3 Apr. 2022
  • There is the destruction of the bridge and damage to the ship.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
  • This dance was one of water, a source of life and destruction.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But there’s so much destruction in that also.
    — G'ra Asim september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The spiral of death & destruction must stop now.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The problem is not just the destruction.
    — Maliha Rahman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Here's the beauty of the destruction, though.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 May 2026
  • The strike ranks among the largest of the war, leaving widespread destruction in its wake.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The number of deaths climbed as the scope of the storm's destruction became clear.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • One was the destruction of apartment buildings due to shelling.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Once again, this time in the ninth inning, the Tigers were on the brink of destruction.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2022
  • When the party's over, only destruction is in its place.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The destruction was close to complete.
    — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The trip was a survey of destruction and dismay.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This is the destruction of meaning in real time.
    — Big Think, 4 May 2026
  • That destruction can be seen in satellite images, as well.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The instrument of her destruction is not the train.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • What is mass destruction are these huge ravenous beasts.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Residents sit on the edge and look out at a scene of utter destruction.
    — Yousra Elbagir, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Erin is then shown looking up at the destruction as the fire continues to burn.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • The war footage shows the destruction and loss of life and limb in close proximity.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
  • One of our executives said these masks could be the destruction of the show, or not.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Photos from the scene show large destruction and the aftermath of a fire.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • The destruction is either yet to come, or sometime in a distant past.
    — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • After the signs came shattered glass, fire, and destruction.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Grief and destruction amid the war in the Middle East.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026

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