How to Use beyond (all) recognition in a Sentence

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• And of course, the lives of more than 2 million people in Gaza have been devastated beyond recognition—to say nothing of the many thousands dead.
  — Yardena Schwartz, TIME, 24 July 2024
• Some of the cars were brunt and damaged beyond recognition.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 May 2023
• In the last 30 years, the dining landscape on both sides of the pond has transformed beyond all recognition.
  — Clare Finney, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
• Part of the nose is missing, and the features are bloated beyond recognition.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• Police went to the scene and found Kennard burned beyond recognition.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Jan. 2023
• Signs of fire and smoke damage While some cars were burned beyond recognition in the South Park fire, others may have less obvious signs of damage.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
• Magudumana's father as well as a prison guard had already been charged with homicide in connection to the case after the body of a man was found burned beyond recognition in the cell.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• The Tattered Cover could be rebound beyond recognition, even though the name and location remain the same.
  — The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2024
• Nadeem said the bodies were charred beyond recognition and are being transported to Karachi for DNA sampling.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
• The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in the weeklong series of fires.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Trump’s lawyers contort the second half of the clause beyond recognition to argue for Trump’s immunity.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• New World Order is a phrase that has entered the lexicon and depicts a world transformed beyond recognition.
  — Tracey Follows, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Just four months later, it had been transformed beyond recognition.
  — Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2024
• Photos of the wreck show the PT Cruiser mangled almost beyond recognition, with its front end completely crumped.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• He had been tortured and shot, beaten beyond recognition.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• There is a palpable sense of nostalgia for a city that is changing beyond recognition.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Many shared the same searing memories of seeing the small corpses of children thrown across the wreckage, dismembered beyond recognition.
  — Rebecca Tan and Cape Diamond, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Officials said League was stabbed multiple times, his hands and head were cut off and his body was burned beyond recognition, detectives said.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 7 July 2023
• Their bodies, charred beyond recognition, were discovered the next day.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• What constitutes an action that would trigger an all-out war has evolved beyond recognition.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
• Videos showed some bodies that were damaged beyond recognition.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• The ambulance that held the paramedics was discovered nearby, burned beyond recognition.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Ten other bodies were burned beyond recognition, the officials said, and would be identified through DNA tests.
  — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Some have almost faded beyond recognition, a reminder of how many generations have fought in the same conflict.
  — Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• Murals of Christian saints are charred beyond recognition.
  — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 July 2023
• The death toll is a preliminary estimate and may go higher due to the volume of the wreckage and the fact that the van and truck were charred beyond recognition, the Associated Press reported.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• In many cases, where newspapers already have closed their doors, or shrunk beyond recognition, help may be arriving too late.
  — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• The weapon’s payload of metal fragments struck a market, piercing windows and walls and wounding some victims beyond recognition.
  — Alexander Cardia, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Only nine of them were identifiable, with the others burned beyond recognition.
  — Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Some have been exploited and damaged beyond recognition; some are still rich and wonderful, preserved as wildlife refugia or parks.
  — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024