Sentence examples for a devastating step from inspiring English sources

Phil Reynolds, policy and campaigns adviser at Parkinson's UK, said: "This is a devastating step backwards for people with Parkinson's.

She declined to say how the law would be altered, but the public repudiation of what would have been a devastating step backwards for Afghan women was welcomed by activists and diplomats.

Moments later though North - switched to centre for the final half-hour - charged onto Biggar's pass through James Horwill's attempted tackle and inside Will Genia with a devastating step and burst of speed to dot down under the posts.

The effort took a devastating step backward yesterday, with the news that six public-health workers were killed in Pakistan; all had been administering polio vaccines.

Pierce led all scorers with 28 points and Walker added 22, including a devastating step-back 3-pointer from the left wing with 3 20 left to put Boston in front, 80-76.

Torain answered two minutes later, using a devastating stutter step and chance-of-direction move to freeze his defender for Navy's third goal of the game.

Here, teenagers' impulsive tendencies have the worst outcomes: in a fit of misery or fury, some kids with the tools at their disposal--a gun, a cliff, a bridge--take a devastating, irrevocable step.

Yet in his return from a knee injury last season, the 23-year-old flashed a devastating first step and the finishing ability that helped make him the top overall pick in 2011.

His right to be heard is framed in terms of Britain's long history, its status as an investor in Egypt, a trading partner and even as a source of tourists (British officials are keen to point out that the Foreign Office never took the economically devastating step of warning British tourists to stay away from the big resorts on and around the Red Sea).

Then, on Wednesday night, Mr. McGreevey took what aides described as "the most devastating" step in that process by walking up the stairs of Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion, and telling his wife that he had betrayed her with another man and was about to go public.

He scored two tries, the second featuring a devastating run of steps and explosive muscle early in the second half to pull Leicester back to within seven points, and had a hand in two others.