How to Use destroy in a Sentence

destroy

verb

• The bomb blast destroyed the village.
• The disease destroys the body's ability to fight off illness.
• The dog had to be destroyed since its owner could not prevent it from attacking people.
• All the files were deliberately destroyed.
• Eventually our problems with money destroyed our marriage.
• The shop was in fact destroyed.
  — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• And then the feds destroyed all the art.
  — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Those who take and destroy lives.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
• Even a small leak could destroy some items.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
• Most of her art was destroyed in the crash.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
• The shop was in fact destroyed, but no one was hurt.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
• In May, his plane was destroyed.
  — George F. Will, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
• The same forces that build success can destroy it.
  — Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
• Only about half of that has been destroyed.
  — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
• In fact, most destroy it for those who follow the crowd.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Trump has at times threatened to destroy them.
  — Willem Marx, NPR, 23 May 2026
• The recent spring storm left much of his crop destroyed.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2026
• There are movies that want to destroy something.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
• The water destroyed homes with its height and force.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
• For starters, loose dyes could destroy the rest of your outfit.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
• So, no authors will know if their works will be destroyed or not.
  — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
• Follow the herd, and most will destroy it.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Dig and destroy diseased plants, roots and all.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
• Their air force is nearly destroyed.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
• Man hasn’t stopped killing and destroying.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
• And even if they’re destroyed, people would rather be in their homes than be refugees.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
• Supreme Court must destroy lies that harm women like me.
  — FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• Those that sought to destroy the people and to the nation.
  — City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
• Those that sought to destroy the people and to the nation.
  — City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
• There is not a thief or any army of moths on earth that can destroy this kind of treasure.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025