Sentence examples for a disaster without from inspiring English sources

Maybe The Times should just call it a "disaster," without modifiers, and be as specific as possible when needed.

And given that the people who perpetrated the blood-letting in Paris have such a perverted view of reality and humanity, it is tempting to think that this was a disaster without sense, reason or meaning.

The report, by FEMA's Office of Inspector General, echoed complaints that have been compounding for months about an agency that has struggled to cope with a disaster without precedent in nature, scale or cost.

But for those who lived the war firsthand when it seemed likely to end in a disaster without any of the redeeming elements now tentatively in sight — a cautiously sequenced American withdrawal, an Iraq with an elected government, and at least some chance of longer-term, if shaky, political stability — there is a compelling new entry to the nonfiction archive.

This was a disaster without equal.

Your life won't be totally better with it, and it won't be totally a disaster without it.

It's a natural disaster without an icon.

And don't brand a movie as a financial disaster without actually checking the numbers.

"It would be a disaster area without her," said Mr. Morgenthau, 89.

Ruben Östlund's icily disturbing family drama, set in an upscale ski resort in the French Alps, is a disaster movie without a disaster.

This makes no sense and highlights an issue facing many communities recovering from a disaster - without supporting and empowering jobs there is no true recovery.