It hinted at the existence of something stern and unapproachable in her daughter's character, which struck chill upon her, as the sight of poverty, or drunkenness, or the logic with which Mr. Hilbery sometimes thought good to demolish her certainty of an approaching millennium struck chill upon her.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
Enclosed is a list of the prisoners and stores taken, and I shall, without loss of time, proceed to demolish the fort; after which I shall march to the High Hills of Santee, encamp at Capt.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
So, of course, he sought to demolish my idea that there was a process of evolution in economic affairs, paralleling the process of political evolution which had already culminated in democracy.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair