Sentence examples for a drastic surge from inspiring English sources

Hong Kong confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday, a drastic surge that brought the total number of confirmed patients to 172.

The drastic surge in violence — mainly car bombs planted by Al Qaeda's Iraq affiliate against the Shiite majority, and the security sweeps in majority-Sunni neighborhoods that follow — has lent a new sense of Balkanization to this city.

The drastic surges in stock prices for both China State Construction Engineering Corp. and Sichuan Expressway are expected to ignite a fresh IPO craze on the mainland, partly because of pent-up demand: Chinese authorities suspended new listing approvals for 10 months until this June.

The surge in arrests is a drastic departure from the days, not so long ago, when smoking a marijuana cigarette in public often drew no more than an angry glare from a police officer.

Mr. Lhota, who has been engaged in an epistolary battle with Mr. Vance over the policy, suggested on Wednesday that if the new policy led to a surge in fare evasion, he would consider a drastic solution.

The company, which employs more than 12,000 people, said this was as a result of "cutbacks on production" caused by a surge in the price of grain and a drastic increase in chicken imports.

McChrystal and his successor, General David Petraeus, won their surge of military force in Afghanistan – but it was extracted from Washington at the price of a drastic timetable, driven by a political and popular demand for a quick exit.

A drastic move?

A drastic measure?

"This is a drastic change".

It is a drastic measure.