Destroying

Examples

• He did this, destroying the canal as far as Goochland, and the railroad to a point as near Richmond as he could get. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He did this in an attempt to destroy Jewry, but indeed he made Jewry stronger by destroying its one sensitive and vulnerable point. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The fact that the oxygen of the air is diluted as it were with so large a proportion of nitrogen, prevents fires from sweeping over the world and destroying everything in their path. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Thence he marched on Charlottesville, destroying effectually the railroad and bridges as he went, which place he reached on the 3d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Marriage is encouraged in China, not by the profitableness of children, but by the liberty of destroying them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• On the 1st of November I suggested to Sherman, and also asked his views thereon, the propriety of destroying Hood before he started on his campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The blow broke the glass carboy, and the acid ran down upon the field magnets of the dynamo, destroying the windings of one of the twelve magnets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She had been up all night, making something or destroying something, in private. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But it is possible to send too strong a current through our wire, thereby interfering with all motion and destroying the motor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He soon appeared upon the railroad in Sherman's rear, and with his whole army began destroying the road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedSt. Alas! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• One of the best methods of destroying germs is to subject them to intense heat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In those days public opinion was not so alive as now to the desirability of preserving shade-trees, and of enhancing the beauty of a city instead of destroying it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And then she realised that his presence was the wall, his presence was destroying her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pinch of the question is--why, after having provided the substitute dress, does she hide the smeared nightgown, instead of destroying it? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• By destroying forests and by irrigation man has already affected the climate of great regions of the world's surface. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was irritable to madness, he could not rest, his daughters seemed to be destroying him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Were they to do it even by the cast of a die, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He had start enough to move north destroying the railroad in many places, and to attack several small garrisons intrenched as guards to the railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From thence move eastward along the line of the road, destroying it completely and thoroughly, until you join General Sheridan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the 7th he made a reconnoissance against the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad, destroying a portion of it after some fighting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Let Sir Thomas trust to his honour and compassion, and it may all end well; but if he get his daughter away, it will be destroying the chief hold. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He sat suspended in a fine recoil of disappointment, that seemed gradually to be destroying his understanding. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A kind of self-destroying foolishness urged him to do this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We are destroying all the rails we can on the Central and Fredericksburg roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Would you agree with me in thinking that the corrupting and destroying element is the evil, and the saving and improving element the good? Plato. The Republic.
• There are ponderous archways down there, also, over which the destroying plough of prophecy passed harmless. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The crops upon Mars are always uniform, for there are no droughts, no rains, no high winds, and no insects, or destroying birds. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• These troops retreated to the north side of the Appomattox to join Lee, and succeeded in destroying the bridge after them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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