Example sentences for: wiped

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

  • These toughest of all Canadians have withstood the hardships of the far north, including its icy deserts and Arctic blizzards, but were nearly wiped out by European diseases — measles, mumps, and smallpox.

  • The new regime wiped out organized crime and vice, expropriated factories and built new ones, setting the city on a new industrial course.

  • The rangy, big-shouldered computer prevailed in the most famous man vs. machine chess match in history--3 1/2 points to 2 1/2 points--capped by a 19-move butt kicking that inspired one grandmaster to observe, "Kasparov got wiped off the board."

  • The drop had wiped out this year's gains and persuaded some market watchers to declare the slide a correction.

  • He wiped his hands on his apron as he listened to her.


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