Sentence examples for was hacked down from inspiring English sources

Lionel Messi, too swift and too gifted for any opponent, was hacked down in full flight.

The NYRB second-year midfielder Dane Richards was hacked down early in the first half and was forced to leave the game, replaced by the rookie Luke Sassano.

More than 500 acres of the Atlantic rainforest – the equivalent of 283 Wembley pitches – was hacked down between 2005 and 2008 – double the rate of the previous three years.

His oeuvre, which should have been large, was hacked down to modest size by tragic misfortune: his murder by the Nazis, followed by the loss of hundreds of his paintings, drawings and manuscripts.

The Chinese surprisingly dominated the first half but almost fell behind in the second term when the Saudis were awarded a penalty after striker Naif Hazazi was hacked down by Ren Hang as he was bearing down on goal.

Their early claim said that once the Stalinist state was hacked down, it could no longer "crowd out" the effervescent spirit of private enterprise: graphene was usually mentioned here, though as with the internet and most great technical leaps, that too sprang from state-backed university research.

No matter, because two seconds later Odemwingie is hacked down by (I think) Mensah.

Blimp originally ran at 163 minutes; the version Scorsese saw had been hacked down to 90.

They were hacked down on Tuesday when Muslim warriors attacked Yelwa town in the mainly Christian district of Shendam.

It is bitter to be hacked down in such a way in the last game of the season.

The Amazon rain forest that both men treasure is being hacked down, along with other tropical forests around the world.