Sentence examples for a devastating resignation from inspiring English sources

Sir Geoffrey Howe, resentful since being ousted as foreign secretary, seized his moment to quit the cabinet, deliver a devastating resignation speech and invite challengers for the leadership.

The Tory peer, whose devastating resignation speech on leaving the cabinet in 1990 was widely seen as the central factor in forcing Margaret Thatcher from Downing Street, was 88.

But unknown to Cameron, a car was about to be sent out from the Buckinghamshire home of Iain Duncan Smith bound for Downing Street, carrying a devastating letter of resignation that said the proposed cuts to disability benefits were a "compromise too far".

The official said the six resignations were a devastating blow to the emergency program, because it is hard to recruit therapists to work in such a difficult setting.

He has just quit as chairman of the embattled bank on Monday, saying he was "truly sorry" for the interest-rate rigging scandal that has dealt a "devastating blow" to the bank's resignation.

The compounded result of Skilling's resignation and stock sale, combined with any other tricks prosecutors may have up their sleeves, will make for a devastating cross-examination.

IT IS a devastating prospect.

Then a devastating tsunami followed.

This was a devastating blow.

It was a devastating blow.

It was a devastating dismissal.