How to Use wiped out in a Sentence

wiped out

adjective
  • I am completely wiped out.
  • So, all of that has been wiped out.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Millions of jobs won’t be wiped out.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That penalty wiped out a first down on third down.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Sports fields, parks and a reservoir have been all but wiped out.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That's about how much has been wiped out from the stock market this year.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • Three months in, more than triple that figure have had their debts wiped out.
    — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The sell-off wiped out Amazon's gains for the year.
    — Ari Levy,jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • And a long gainer was wiped out by a late holding call.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Entire circles of thought have been wiped out.
    — Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The first storm wiped out salt supplies across much of the region.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That line in the sand was wiped out by the next incoming tide.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That's wiped out most of his daily profit.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And this is why the new Gods wiped out the stories about him.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That wiped out more than the last two years of employment gains in the area.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 June 2020
  • But the rising costs of food, gas, and rent has wiped out gains for many households.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But the rising cost of food, gas, and rent has wiped out these wage gains for many households.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Standing together could get two hunters wiped out in one charge.
    — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There are also no construction days wiped out by rain.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The gala got wiped out because of the pandemic.
    — David Wade, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Seattle had one apparent goal wiped out by a foul and hit a post with a long shot.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • All of the progress that had been made since the abolition of slavery was wiped out.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The year is 2242 and a plague has wiped out much of the planet.
    — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Injuries wiped out the second season of the deal.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • On some islands, the species was wiped out entirely.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Both of the county’s two deaths occurred there, and houses there have been wiped out.
    — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The failure of the South’s war meant that its creditors were wiped out.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Hundreds of billions of dollars of value have been wiped out.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Injuries wiped out what could have been the peak of Marquez’s career.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Avian influenza wiped out millions of egg-laying hens, then eased off.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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