Example sentences for: wipe

How can you use “wipe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 7. "Planet Hollywood at long last has filed for bankruptcy , and has apparently negotiated a refinancing deal that will wipe out the value of all its current shareholders and trade 70 percent of the equity in the company for a measly $80 million.

  • In August, Mike Doyle of the University of Georgia applied for a patent on some nonvirulent strains of E. coli that wipe out the nasty version when fed to cattle.

  • President Boris Yeltsin says his government has "the strength and resources to wipe out terrorism."

  • Most find her irresistible, sometimes to the point of over-sharing: "You just want to wipe away the tears from her baby-fat cheeks and give snookums a big old hug" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). ( Slate 's David Edelstein is one of those smitten: "It's worth seeing, it demands to be seen, for Drew Barrymore, who is at once the dizziest and most magically poised comedienne in movies today."

  • They showed that abrupt speculative attacks, which would almost instantly wipe out the government's stockpile, were a natural consequence of typical price-stabilization schemes.


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