Sentence examples for a debacle as from inspiring English sources

Not only do they demand too much in the way of hardware, both have been been written off as a debacle as bad as the Windows Vista disaster.

But he added, "It is a debacle as far as the government process is concerned, and that's Governor Pataki's supposed responsibility and he bears the blame".

THE NEWS An ambitious military offensive aimed at showcasing Afghanistan's military capability instead became a debacle as Taliban fighters battered a battalion of Afghan troops in a remote eastern part of the country.

But it was the highest-profile industrial project, a planned car factory for India's most famous corporate conglomerate, Tata, that became a debacle as farmers revolted against the land acquisition — and political opponents like Ms. Banerjee pounced on the story line that the Communists had sold out the peasants.

Nix did not dispute that the Facebook data-harvesting element of the scandal had been a "debacle," as he put it.

She's spent her time releasing novels all linked in some way to the debacle, as well as her autobiography in 2001.

Part of the reason why Sim City 5 is a debacle, much as Diablo 3's launch was, is that there are many companies who are already in the PC software landscape who do not want to cede their power.

The public service loan forgiveness program is an administrative debacle, as I've chronicled for a couple of years now — just by following Mr. Shafer, who has devoted his career to teaching at-risk teens in Eugene, Ore.

The tenure of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chair is widely regarded by party insiders as a debacle, and some Democrats cite her dual status as DNC Chair and congresswoman from Florida as a contributing factor in her failure.

Cancellations, confusion, engine trouble and a blown tire turned a two-hour flight into a 19-hour debacle as I made my way from Los Angeles to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival.

One might say this was doubly imprudent of him: the attack was already disclosing itself as a debacle, and Fairlie himself was on the run from the law, first as a bankrupt and then (having failed to attend his own bankruptcy hearing) as a man cited for contempt of court.