Sentence examples for I was slashed from inspiring English sources

Delpy, a writer, director and actor who was nominated for two Academy Awards for her writing in the films Before Midnight and Before Sunset, said: "Two years ago I said something about the academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media".

Fey has a scar a few inches long on the left side of her chin and cheek, the cause of which remained unexplained to the public until a 2008 Vanity Fair profile by Maureen Dowd, and subsequently in her autobiographical book, where she revealed "During the spring semester of kindergarten, I was slashed in the face by a stranger in the alley behind my house".

Is it being slashed, or is it amongst the highest in the country?

Of course, that means that we won't have enough money coming into the Social Security system to pay the benefits currently offered to Americans over 65; so I'm slashing those benefits, starting today.

"I get a better yield than when I ploughed, and it's slashed my fuel costs," he said.

Public investment was slashed.

His majority was slashed.

Production was slashed by a fifth.

Government spending was slashed by 30%.

Its oilfield revenue was slashed 37%.

Biofuels and bioproducts research was slashed.