Sentence examples for long destroyed from inspiring English sources

He set about building his first canoe in a fairly casual way, but then things got out of hand: He took the canoe home and, before long, destroyed it with an axe.

This had also originally been decorated with an illuminated ceiling—long destroyed by interventions in the 1950 1960s when this space had been converted into a kitchen-cafe.

Archaeologists have variously interpreted the taulas as astral temples of a forgotten Iberian religion, sacrificial altars, central pillars of long destroyed buildings and symbols used in sun-worshipping rites.

The extraordinary influence of Hindi films, in fact, has long since destroyed the Pakistani film industry.

Printing, distribution and online technology long ago destroyed the monopoly market into which they were born.

A fire long ago destroyed records showing some of its other early inhabitants.

Ella swore she had long since destroyed the letter, just as Kahlo had instructed.

Erosion or earthquakes long since destroyed the roof, leaving the walls as 50m cliffs sheltering the lake on three sides.

First, she seizes on a single scholar's theory that the columns in that room, long since destroyed, were in a style known as "proto-Corinthian".

The talks, punctuated by the occasional fistfight, underscore just how hard it will be to rebuild economic, legal and social structures that were long ago destroyed.

Now, a newly rediscovered letter, written by Clara Clemens and long presumed destroyed, may explain what drove her relentless spin doctoring, a Twain scholar says.