Examples of 'was laid waste' in a sentence

was laid waste: Describes a location, area, or land that has been destroyed, ruined, or devastated often due to war, natural disaster, or neglect.

Much of the countryside was laid waste.

Gazetteers say the village was laid waste during the 16th-century invasions of Japanese shogun Hideyoshi.

Their entire planet was laid waste.

The entire country was laid waste with fire and sword.

The shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid waste.

And nature was laid waste.

She murdered him and tyrannized Alfheim until it was laid waste.

The upshot was that the whole region was laid waste and almost utterly depopulated.

During the French Revolution, the superb church of this abbey was laid waste.

Much of Genoa was laid waste.

After the Norman conquest in 1069 much land in Northern England, including Fylingdales, was laid waste.

Groundwater levels also fell, vegetation was laid waste and a once-thriving fishing industry collapsed.

In 1576 it was looted by the Huguenots and the church was laid waste.

North 24th Street was laid waste.

In the meantime, the country was laid waste.

Meaning of "was laid waste"