How to Use destructive in a Sentence

destructive

adjective

• The school is concerned about the destructive behavior of a few students.
• It was one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.
• She argued that the law was destructive of personal liberties.
• Using them is selfish and destructive to the environment!
  — Philip Galanes, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• There is a growing global belief that consumerism is destructive – to mental health, to the planet, to your ability to afford your life.
  — Nikki Baird, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• For many, January is a month for reconsidering old habits and self-destructive behaviors.
  — Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• The destructive quake was followed by a swarm of aftershocks, with one nearly as strong as the initial quake at magnitude 7.5 about 60 miles away.
  — Times Wire Service, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• Feed The Models is another way for the studio to put their money where their mouth is, and stand up for those who are caught up in destructive habits because of societal pressure.
  — Caitlin White, SPIN, 2 Feb. 2023
• The whole, nasty cocktail, destructive of soul, mind, and body.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Mar. 2023
• Over roughly two hours, the horses wove a destructive path across some 6 miles of the city.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
• The film, written with Jon Spaihts, picks up hours after the destructive events of the first film.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• This weekend’s weather shouldn’t be nearly as destructive as the last two storms, but another atmospheric river moving in Monday or Tuesday could be fierce.
  — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2023
• As a result, the legacy in many ways is very destructive.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
• Their lives were ripped apart in one of the deadliest and most destructive wars of the 21st century.
  — Samar Abu Elouf Samar Abu Elouf, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• The men are dopey and destructive; the women clever and thwarted, with all the good lines and the truly depressing fates.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The spilling of the tea propelled the dissolution of the bonds between Britain and her colonies, and led to seven years of destructive war.
  — The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs and rooftops.
  — Daniel Kozin, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
• Given the history of the destructive powers of wildfires, what took place in The Dalles the past two days could have been worse.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 15 June 2023
• The size and strength of the hurricane and its wind fields, especially the inner core with the most destructive winds.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• Even more destructive are surface waves, which move at about the same speed as S-waves or maybe a bit slower.
  — WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
• This is the destructive game that Trump is playing, and his lawyers seem happy (or at least willing) to go along with it.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• This is tantamount to a destructive race to the bottom.
  — Kotter, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• So, there was all sorts of efforts to try and open these scrolls, most of which ended up being very, very destructive.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
• This was his focus now: people’s destructive thought patterns and ways to break out of them.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 June 2024
• Large and destructive waves may accompany the storm surge near the coast of the British Virgin Islands.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Though nothing was confirmed, those two could have a destructive match at Bad Blood.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• The most destructive of the Four Horsemen, according to Gottman, is contempt.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
• The fires started Tuesday and fanned out across the island, growing in size and destructive power.
  — Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Climate change may be fueling stronger storms, but human development patterns are amplifying their destructive potential and elevating costs.
  — Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• Milton, which is a Category 1 storm at the time of this report, has currently moved off Florida's east coast after lashing the state with destructive winds and dangerous flooding.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024