How to Use demolition in a Sentence

demolition

noun

• The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
• The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
• Stop giving billion-dollar hand handouts to wars and demolition of countries.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022
• Because the building isn’t in a design review district, the commission doesn’t need to approve the demolition.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• Locals and visitors in town ahead of the Tropicana’s demolition were mostly upbeat about the next chapter for the city.
  — Maya Huter, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• Architect Tim Meseck said at least three trees would be left standing on the site and any other trees removed due to the demolition would be replaced.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
• The threat of eviction hangs over the heads of the Banneker Homes residents living in a Harlem high rise that's scheduled for demolition.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022
• The demolition itself, shown about 24 minutes in to the video, took less than a minute.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• What's next: The south garage closed to new cars over the weekend to prepare for demolition.
  — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
• Then after the race, the rest of the demolition and rebuilding will start.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
• Spared from demolition is a Catholic chapel built in the 1930s that might be preserved as a scenic structure.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• In return, the Bucks paid for the Bradley Center's demolition.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
• The fire broke out in part of the roof of the old natatorium during demolition, the school district said.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
• When the house was slated for demolition in 2009, the Lunuganga Trust moved the structure and rebuilt it, piece by piece.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
• The thrilling start to his Manchester City career was capped with a goal and four assists in the 6-1 demolition of Bournemouth.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• This was in the summer of 2019, when demolitions were under way.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• The district said in May the demolition would take place in summer 2024 following the end of the school year, which was Monday.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 June 2024
• Authorities still have no idea when the fire will die down, but demolition will be the next step.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The project is expected to be going out to bid soon with demolition taking place in the spring.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• The other change was in demolition, which added more funding to cover more in each ward.
  — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the exclusive clip, the former Jeopardy! host rolls up her sleeves to take out some weeds and begin the demolition process.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• Many of the schools became vacant and faced demolition over the years, Finch said, adding roughly 10% of the schools are still standing today.
  — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• The city of Detroit issued a demolition permit late last month for Adamo to take down the test cells structures.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2022
• And while some hard-core purists may wince, the demolition crew has been instructed to tear out the original brick pit.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• The building was stripped to its beams for the demolition but had once been full of offices and conference rooms – and asbestos.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 29 Oct. 2022
• Salvage and demolition crews were still working around the clock to clear wreckage from the collapse site.
  — Brian Witte, Fortune, 2 May 2024
• The project would bring about the demolition of the former Fry’s store, office and warehouse structures on the property.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The demolition , Stranix said, could mean an influx of local jobs.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
• With the sappers making rapid progress, Stott retreated to find a place to observe the demolition.
  — Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
• That is expensive for the town, and owners rarely pay back demolition costs.
  — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024