Pillaged in a sentence

Had a ruthless army of barbarians pillaged and looted the town overnight of its wealth, as well as health, the economic and environmental damage inflicted by the preventable Norfolk Southern derailment would still be greater.

Nevertheless, a different kind of transmogrification occurs: her bruised and bloody female body becomes a metaphor for the land she traverses – pillaged, plundered, raped and renamed.

We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!

The country is repatriating hundreds of similarly pillaged treasures, reclaiming parts of its history lost to looting under its former colonial ruler from the late 17th century to independence in 1945.

Leopold ravaged the land, pillaged the people, and left a bloody trail of ruin in his wake while mining the area for precious resources.

Perth Husqvarna was broken into and pillaged by burglars on back-to-back weekends in April, leaving the store’s principal dealer Erich Zwick to deal with the financial fallout.

The rioters looted, burned, pillaged, vandalized, damaged, and destroyed assets throughout Lagos and other states.

Under his command, soldiers invaded, pillaged, and killed Chinese civilians and soldiers.

From pillaged Native American archaeological sites, the destruction of 19th century commercial districts, forgotten pioneer settlements and neglected coal camps, Kentucky’s cultural fabric all too often disappears.

It told on the field, they let boundaries filter through their hands, they gave up chases without even attempting, they just looked around blankly and watched as Indian batsmen grounded, and then pillaged them.

The sad truth is that Democrats would rather align themselves with foreign invaders who violated our national sovereignty, thumbed their nose at the rule of law, and pillaged and plundered taxpayer-funded resources.

They pillaged and shot at people after a dispute with Fela's boys.

We’ve raped and pillaged its seas and minerals for personal gain and have put nothing back.

Abd al-Karim advanced deeper west into Asturias and pillaged the region, while his brother Abd al-Malik ventured into the western Asturian lands.

After Cyril rounded up all the Jews in Alexandria, he ordered them to be stripped of all possessions, banished them from Alexandria, and allowed their goods to be pillaged by the remaining citizens of Alexandria.

Around 1524 Catholic churches in many towns in Estonia, including Tallinn, were pillaged as part of the Reformational fervor: this occurred throughout Europe.

By the time the new King returned to Lisbon, many of the buildings and properties were pillaged, sacked or destroyed by the invaders.

Charles Burney wrote that Arne introduced "a light, airy, original, and pleasing melody, wholly different from that of Purcell or Handel, whom all English composers had either pillaged or imitated".

Despite his army's smaller size, he was able to defeat the Solomonids at the battles of Serjan and Zikr Amhara and consequently pillaged the surrounding areas.

Eck (2003), 20. Perusia also was pillaged and burned as a warning for others.