Sentence examples for formerly destroyed from inspiring English sources

A single dose of ivermectin once a year prevents river blindness, an insect-borne parasitic disease that formerly destroyed the eyesight of countless millions of residents of developing countries, mainly in Africa.

After Mr. Hilbert was ousted, the company turned to Gary Wendt, formerly of General Electric, and destroyed his reputation too.

And by 1960, urban renewal efforts targeted these neighborhoods for gentrification with plans to clear slums and make shiny new freeways — all of which displaced and destroyed the formerly vibrant "Black Bottom" area of the city.

Entire family systems as well as the general social fabric that formerly provided support were destroyed due to losses of family members and growing mistrust and fear following the genocide.

Before a compromise could be reached on the two bills, the triumph of Republican Scott Brown in a special election for the seat formerly held by Sen. Ted Kennedy destroyed the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority.

The war also expanded with naval operations in 1862 when the CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack, damaged or destroyed three Union vessels in Norfolk, Virginia, before being engaged and damaged by the USS Monitor.

Unfortunately, the old anthrax strains that were formerly stored at SVA have been destroyed so no further studies can be made on old historical material unless old strains are recovered from the environment.

He also said a residential compound formerly used by Mr. bin Laden was destroyed, but that the Saudi dissident was not there.

Most of the original ecosystems of the eastern highlands have been destroyed, including the once luxuriant hardwood forests that dominated the eastern seaboard and the formerly magnificent Paraná pine (Araucaria) forests that covered the southern plateaus.

Every house visible from the track -- all of them formerly Muslim homes -- is either badly damaged or destroyed by fires or explosive charges set during the war.

Part of this lopsided preeminence resulted from World War II, which destroyed the European scientific centers that formerly led the world and brought many European researchers to America as refugees.