Sentence examples for became almost extinct from inspiring English sources

Peregrine falcons, which normally favour rocky cliff tops to make their nests, became almost extinct in the 1960s after their existence was threatened by pesticides.

"For a time the single-family house in Manhattan became almost extinct," said Tim Desmond, a town house broker at Stribling & Associates.

A peculiar characteristic of warfare after 1945 was that while navies became steadily more powerful and more expensive, naval battles — that is, combat between fleets of ships at sea — became almost extinct.

Nevertheless, not long after and during the inter-war period, the tseligata system became almost extinct, due to the new situation.

Elizabeth Corbett said: "I understand the nesting birds are out of their control but their reaction to it has been extremely slow". Peregrine falcons became almost extinct in the 1960s after their existence was threatened by pesticides.

Heavily dependent on bison, the nomadic life of the Blackfeet "came to an abrupt end in the early 1880s when the buffalo became almost extinct".

This sort of craftsmanship had become almost extinct.

When she's upset, you see something that has become almost extinct on TV: frown lines.

As those immigrants' children assimilated, however, the language has become almost extinct.

But by then the conventional studio album will have become almost extinct.

To see people as they really are, in other words, doing the sort of jobs that have become almost extinct.