laying waste

Example Sentences

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A 20-year-old chess prodigy is laying waste to the world’s top grandmasters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus confronts a plague that has been laying waste to Thebes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Comment: The hottest team in the conference takes the court in T Mobile Arena for the nightcap and wastes little time laying waste to the first of several victims.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

When they are not gathering by the tens of millions and laying waste to whole landscapes, these insects lead meek, solitary lives in arid zones.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Even as it besieged Boston, the virus also spread down the eastern seaboard, laying waste as far as Georgia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann