1.   As a Net, he merely hastened the demise of a talented team with drug escapades, including one chilling disappearing act after a team Christmas party.

2.   As an early advocate of orthodox modernism, Johnson was part of a movement that opposed Expressionism and hastened its demise.

3.   A conservative judiciary has hastened the demise of many desegregation plans.

4.   Across-the-board economic sanctions had clearly outlived their usefulness, even for an administration bent on trying covert action to hasten the demise of Saddam Hussein.

5.   Air-conditioning has deeply affected our relationship to nature and the design of offices and homes, hastening the demise of attics, overhanging eaves and porches.

6.   All she could say was that she did not want to hasten the demise of the corporation.

7.   Dreaming of the day when she will be a rich widow, she tries, but fails, to hasten his demise.

8.   However, not having fun hastened the demise of the G.I. Jane club.

9.   However much it hastens the demise of reason in worldwide movie audiences, this slam-bang energy is not easily achieved.

10.   If he arrests us, it will hasten his demise, leaving him isolated domestically and internationally.