Sentence examples for a devastating sense from inspiring English sources

When the plague appears there, a devastating sense of responsibility forces him to "convert tragedy into guilt".

Beloved mother, grandmother and friend, and devoted ailurophile, Ginny contributed grace, wit, and a devastating sense of humor.

"She is exceedingly pretty," wrote the critic for The Daily Telegraph, "has a devastating sense of comedy, and her points are made with the clean smack of one of Annie's bullets hitting the center of the target".

His father had a devastating sense of humor, Mr. Arcand said, whereas his mother met her children's complaints about this upset or that with the admonition, "We're not here to have fun, we're here to deserve heaven".

But unless she can find a way to miraculously erase the center's devastating sense that she is too small-minded to succeed, and convince swing voters that the woman who could not tell us what newspapers she reads can lead us out of the worst economic crisis since the Depression, her book sales may well be the only great expectations she ever meets.

The Independent enjoyed the genre-bending author's "wry playfulness", the Telegraph praised deWitt's "devastating sense of confidence and glittering prose", but it failed to shine for Guardian reviewer Jane Smiley.

It is an understatement to say that the coup was a devastating blow to his sense of his own power and ability to judge character.

Asked if even he would be on edge about selection after such a devastating loss, there was no sense of immunity to being dropped, but also no indication, outwardly at least, he knew what was coming.

In that sense it had a devastating impact on our democracy".

Its loss would constitute a devastating blow to its prestige and sense that its victories are divinely inspired.

It is human nature to seek succor in times of duress, so it makes sense that since a devastating earthquake struck Chile, one shop selling bread and one selling wine have emerged as key centers of comfort for the small Chilean population in the New York region.