Sentence examples for a devastation that from inspiring English sources

In 1170 Holland's physical shape was altered by flooding, a devastation that helped to form the Zuiderzee (now the IJsselmeer).

This is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen because people are not getting food and water".

HIV/AIDS has caused a devastation that requires communities and individuals to reexamine and change their behavior.

"When there's a fire or an area of devastation, that provides an excellent bed of fertility for regrowth.

PAGE A22 HELP FOR CUBA AND HAITI The devastating string of hurricanes that rushed through the Caribbean in the last month has left a scale of devastation that calls for an extraordinary assistance effort.

"It's a site of devastation that makes it look like a bomb went off there".

Tom Day of MusicOMH wrote that the song "Before I Forget" is a "true gem and grinds out with a level of devastation that will make you green with envy if you weren't at these shows", and that drummer Joey Jordison took "centre stage" throughout the performance.

CRL's report, "Lost Ground, 2011," paints a picture of devastation that has disproportionately affected America's Asian American, Latino and African American communities.

Those numbers alone may come as a surprise, because we typically don't talk about school shootings unless they inflict a level of devastation that makes them impossible to ignore.

One was known as the father of his country and led an inexperienced army to an unexpected victory against the foremost military power in the world; the other was a kind of second father, leading the nation through a war of unprecedented devastation that brought about what he famously called a "new birth of freedom".

Hurricane Irma claimed at least 19 lives as it barreled across the Caribbean toward Florida Friday, leaving a trail of catastrophic devastation that has affected more than a million people in the region.