How to Use demolition in a Sentence

demolition

noun
  • The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
  • The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
  • For him, the demolition site is a hard sight to see.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That’s how a lot of forgery demolitions get worked out.
    — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Is there still a way for the Alpine to be saved from demolition?
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This is like a demolition site.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There's no date set for when the demolition will happen.
    — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Some have cheered this demolition on.
    — John Dinkelman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The parking lot has been fenced in, with demolition work to begin this year.
    — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2021
  • See photos and video of the demolition above.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • If the permit is denied, demolition work cannot be done for three years.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The home was slated for demolition about a decade ago to make space for a high-rise building.
    — Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And if that's not bad enough, the theater is under threat of demolition too.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • No timeline has been set for the demolitions.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As of this past weekend, the structure was still set for demolition.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The city permits do not include start dates for the demolition work.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The demolition of the old plaza is expected to take a little more than a year.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
  • All of these options would — even the status quo or demolition.
    — Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This demolition project is expected to last for two weeks.
    — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The demolition left behind a trail of dust and despair.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The other change was in demolition, which added more funding to cover more in each ward.
    — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Authorities still have no idea when the fire will die down, but demolition will be the next step.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The city offered the private tours ahead of planned demolition.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Yip said the city sought to use a federal grant to help pay for demolition and abutment shoring costs.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • Want to express your thoughts on the demolition of the East Wing?
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Then after the race, the rest of the demolition and rebuilding will start.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
  • On the floor are smashed pieces of green wood twisted in a way that suggests remnants left over from a home demolition.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
  • Before that, there is demolition to be done at the Warsaw site.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The demolition work is slated to begin soon and be wrapped up by the end of the year, a memo from the village said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • This means parts of the White House will remain a demolition site, at least for now.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026

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