Sentence examples for and razed by a from inspiring English sources

At the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, just after being handed over to the PNA, it was looted and razed by a Palestinian mob.

Kurds, whose villages were gassed and razed by Mr. Hussein, fear the loss of that autonomy in a war that might result in Turkish domination, or their reunification with a new central government in Baghdad.

Milan was taken, but was soon recaptured and razed by the Ostrogoths.

They mourn the loss of places like the Briarcliff Lodge, in Briarcliff Manor, a once grand hotel that opened in 1902 and was later razed by a developer who eventually abandoned the project.

In 2016, the Vanna Venturi House, built for the architect's mother, was for sale and might have been razed by a developer, but the home's seller held out for a sympathetic buyer.

The time spent building this improbable, precarious place – soon to be toppled by an earthquake, razed by a fire and then built up again – is also made manifest.

A large portion of Ottawa was razed by a fire in 1900 that destroyed Hull, and in 1916 another fire consumed most of the Parliament Buildings.

On Feb. 15, when the Esperanza garden was razed by a city work crew, 31 people were arrested.

This novel tells the story of Macondo, a small town in the jungle, from its foundation to its being razed by a hurricane a century later.

When the capital was razed by a series of earthquakes in 1773, it was moved by royal order to the present site of Guatemala City.

It was about to be razed by a developer who had bought it for its bricks but was happy to offload the place.