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Destroys is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Destroys in a sentence

Destroys meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of destroy

Using Destroys

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of destroy
  • In the example corpus, destroys often appears in combinations such as: destroys the, that destroys, and destroys.

Context around Destroys

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Destroys

  • In this selection, "destroys" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pride, deceit, greed, humility, peace and everything stand out and add context to how "destroys" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a soldier destroys in order and again accidentally destroys a bike. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "destroys" sits close to words such as allergy, ambrose and anton, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with destroys

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Fire destroys Hilliard mobile home – read the Feb. 22 Leader! (10 words)

A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. (13 words)

Anger spoils good relations, pride destroys humility, deceit destroys peace and greed destroys everything. (14 words)

Harry then went on to describe the Daily Mail’s actions as “bullying,” explaining, “There comes a point when the only thing to do is to stand up to this behavior because it destroys people and destroys lives. (38 words)

He has a few good but not massively original lines in there, like one he attributes to Mendelssohn in a (fictional) dialogue: “They say that the ingenuity that can create a civilization is the ingenuity that destroys it. (38 words)

In the second episode of the anime season, entitled "Two Degrees of Separation," Pikachu once again accidentally destroys a bike, this time using Thunderbolt when Dawn mistook it for a wild Pikachu and attacked. (34 words)

Fire destroys Hilliard mobile home – read the Feb. 22 Leader! (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

Anger spoils good relations, pride destroys humility, deceit destroys peace and greed destroys everything.

Harry then went on to describe the Daily Mail’s actions as “bullying,” explaining, “There comes a point when the only thing to do is to stand up to this behavior because it destroys people and destroys lives.

Armed conflict can have severe effects on economic growth for a plethora of reasons – it destroys assets, creates unwanted mass migration, destroys livelihoods and diverts public resources towards war fighting.

A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.

However, the principle of competition, typical of Western societies, destroys any chance of this: :"The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality..

After discovering the truth surrounding the Obelisk and his family, he decides to be a transcendent who destroys the Obelisk.

A government that destroys the judiciary is not a government that we can serve.

A lot of athletes when those injuries happen, they can’t develop that mental toughness and it destroys them, but he overcame it.

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A single person who personifies unrepentant greed and how it destroys the fun and good cheer that have always brought Americans together.

Day 391 of WW3: Ukrainian drone attack in Dzhankoi Crimea destroys cruise missiles and damages important rail hub.

Fire destroys Hilliard mobile home – read the Feb. 22 Leader!

Guy kneels down, preparing to push off and deliver a blow so powerful that it destroys the target's body as well as the users.

He has a few good but not massively original lines in there, like one he attributes to Mendelssohn in a (fictional) dialogue: “They say that the ingenuity that can create a civilization is the ingenuity that destroys it.

I’m predicting that it’s a natural consequence of human nature if our current leadership destroys the last vestiges of the “equal justice under the law” that we were promised.

In the second episode of the anime season, entitled "Two Degrees of Separation," Pikachu once again accidentally destroys a bike, this time using Thunderbolt when Dawn mistook it for a wild Pikachu and attacked.

It destroys him because suddenly this woman that he has loved his whole life and who has loved him is now seeing him in a different light.

It is a real, tangible, insidious and serious thing that destroys savings and asset prices, and creates lasting hardship.

It is the story of a foreign policy that demands submission to Washington’s desires for one’s land and, if that mission fails, a policy that destroys those lands for generations.

It provides awareness of how addiction destroys relationships and trust, eventually resulting in ultimatums.

It's an alien being that lands on Gaia 2,000 years before the game's events and almost destroys the world.

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Common combinations with destroys

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "destroys" in a sentence?
An example: "Anger spoils good relations, pride destroys humility, deceit destroys peace and greed destroys everything." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "destroys" from authentic English texts.
What does "destroys" mean?
Destroys means: third-person singular simple present indicative of destroy
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