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".

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.

Next consider the vast reduction in U.S. federal spending that occurred amid the de-mobilization after World War I; federal spending was slashed 84% from 1919 to 1924, and during that time GDP increased 19%.

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

When I looked up, I'd see blue water foaming around rocks, a lonely church amidst olive trees; when I looked down, Mildred was slashing through young Philip's possessions with a carving knife.

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

"One night three of my tires were slashed -- I can change one tire, but three?

So when we received a letter on Saturday from our primary care trust coolly explaining that prescription food for coeliacs was being slashed, I despaired.

"If we had a booth, I would be slashing my wrists," said Jodee Rich, the chief executive.

"The boom in personal essays at Salon, at least, but I suspect other places was in part a response to an online climate where more content was needed at the exact moment budgets were being slashed". When I worked as an editor at the Hairpin and Jezebel, from 2013 to 2016, I saw up close how friendly editors and ready audiences could implicitly encourage writers to submit these pieces in droves.