Sentence examples for a catastrophic setback for from inspiring English sources

"Universities in the region and beyond should make every effort to take in Haitian students," she said in a statement, calling the damage to Haiti's education system "a catastrophic setback for a country already hit by other disasters".

There will always someone whose life was apparently transformed by a grammar school, just as there will always be those for whom failing the 11-plus was a catastrophic setback.

By early 1968 the Soviet Union was so far behind the United States that the only way they could catch up was if NASA suffered a catastrophic setback.

But it has had catastrophic setbacks.

The 1970s was a catastrophic decade for the bond markets.

So, this has been a catastrophic result for the Coalition".

1944 had been a catastrophic year for the ZNDH.

The boycott lasted a year and was a major setback for polio eradication.

This is a catastrophic for two reasons.

Well, folks, a big setback for NASA.

Or a major setback for feminism?