Sentence examples for finally wiping from inspiring English sources

Each of the Nolan Batman films revolves around provocateurs and terrorists out to destroy Gotham, i.e., New York City, by bringing out its contradictions and, in the first and final films, finally wiping its people off the map.

In 2013, the Queen issued a pardon for his "crime", finally wiping clean his record.

Lisbeth Salander can finally wipe the blood off her face.

The rural Jewish culture of the shtetl was further eroded by the Industrial Revolution and World War I and finally wiped out by the Holocaust.

Parallels to the fate of American Indian cultures are pushed to the point of parody; the Martians are finally wiped out by an epidemic of chickenpox.

A genuine smile (which finally wiped the look of worry off the face of his wife, Mirka, in the stands), and a typically gracious, but this time seemingly heartfelt, concession speech.

It was only after ʿAbd al-Malik had appointed al-Ḥajjāj to govern Basra that campaigns against them began to prove successful (the Persian Khārijites were finally wiped out in 697).

In the wake of that defeat, France's senior players all made the right pledges about a renewed sense of commitment and purpose, and vowed to finally wipe away that pitiful performance by beating England.

But history will no doubt record that withering Republicans were finally wiped from the earth in 2016 when the relentless (and rested) Conquistadora Hillary marched in, General Bill on a horse behind her, and finished them off.

There are very few classic swords and sorcery properties that seem ripe for revival on the big screen: Peter Jackson's splendid Lord of the Rings trilogy finally wiped out memories of Ralph Bakshi's brave but half-finished 1978 effort.

Accompanied by two chirping gay Stepin Fetchits, Genevieve is so "on" that when her rules backfire and the fatuous grin is finally wiped off her face, your impulse is to applaud.