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
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
The ban, combined with an existing prohibition on fireworks in unincorporated areas, is meant to discourage would-be pyromaniacs from accidentally laying waste to their neighbors’ houses or setting off wildfires that blacken hundreds of acres.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
In this one, he basically stands around indulging a series of cosmic snit fits, laying waste to the digitally confected scenery and uttering tedious epigrams about time, recurrence and the apocalypse.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023
He took part in the great Calydonian Hunt, when the King of Calydon called upon the noblest in Greece to help him kill the terrible boar which was laying waste his country.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
