Sentence examples for a devastating year from inspiring English sources

"It has been a devastating year for me both personally and professionally.

"The city," the report says bluntly, "has had a devastating year".

The December election will finish off a devastating year for Sri Lanka.

ATLANTA — At least one Arkansas family already knows that 2008 has been a devastating year for tornadoes.

The collapse of Mr. Madoff's firm is yet another blow in a devastating year for Wall Street and investors.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 2014 had been a "devastating year" for the occupied territories, blaming Israel's illegal occupation of the area.

Last summer, for example, some counties endured more than a month of consecutive 100º F-plus days, and much of the state is still suffering from a devastating year-long drought that is expected to stretch through at least next summer.

Recently, 2002 marked a particularly devastating year, as a drought in India impacted 200 million people and a sandstorm in China affected another 100 million.

But that doesn't necessarily mean 2018 will be a particularly devastating year.

Just in time for Halloween and after a notably devastating year for race relations in the US, the first trailer for Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out has hit, causing an understandable stir.

"Far too many farmers don't have crop insurance at all, or only buy the bare minimum -- not enough to withstand a really devastating year," Mr. Clinton said in his speech, taped on Friday.