How to Use destructive in a Sentence

destructive

adjective

• The school is concerned about the destructive behavior of a few students.
• It was one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.
• She argued that the law was destructive of personal liberties.
• Get to the root of a destructive habit.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
• There haven't been fiery and destructive protests.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
• There haven't been fiery and destructive protests.
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
• What makes mute swans so destructive?
  — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
• Some of the most destructive plant pathogens in the world infect their hosts in this way.
  — Lily Peck, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
• The risk of large, destructive wildfires is very high.
  — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 2 May 2026
• Why was the storm so destructive and deadly?
  — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
• While such a move might be destructive, the aide said, some might be prepared to play that role.
  — Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager and Sean Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021
• The most destructive to me are my tendency to live in the past and to hold grudges.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• These destructive pests can lay waste to an entire patch of squash in short order.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
• Keep your eye out for the iris borer, the most destructive insect pest of iris.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2025
• He was revealed as being two-faced and very destructive and cocky.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022
• The trend is destructive, as a pair of events this week illustrate.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
• But the island is no stranger to dealing with destructive storms.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
• Some of the sideshows, as they are also called, have been deadly and destructive.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• But high oil prices are self-destructive, and not likely to linger at that level for long.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2022
• How long the storm spends over the country could raise the risk of destructive landslides.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
• Just wish-casting a world to exist that doesn’t, which is very destructive.
  — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
• This would bring about a destructive reentry within hours or days.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026
• Orr looks poised to lead a creative, destructive and stingy defense.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2025
• While all trees require some cleanup and care, some are messier and more destructive than others.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
• As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs and rooftops.
  — Daniel Kozin, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
• How destructive was the microburst storm in Tempe?
  — Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
• Being drowned out is destructive on so many levels.
  — Laura Williamson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• With today’s far more destructive weapons, the stakes are higher.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
• Over roughly two hours, the horses wove a destructive path across some 6 miles of the city.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
• They are used to manage pests that are regular and destructive in most years.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026