Sentence examples for appalling devastation from inspiring English sources

Ms Blackwood said: "As an Oxford MP, I have seen for myself the appalling devastation caused by child sexual exploitation.

The BBC's Justin Rowlatt visited the the town of Chautara, the region hardest hit by the second earthquake, and said it had cause "appalling devastation".

It was an epoch of appalling national devastation: a million Mozambicans killed, five million driven from their homes, tens of thousands tortured or maimed, the national infrastructure effectively dismantled, the ground sewn with a seeming infinitude of land mines.

Whatever the achievements of Israel's superior army and its anti-missile systems, and however appalling the devastation of Gaza, Hamas will survive, if only because Israel wants it to.

Hurricanes, tidal waves, floods, earthquakes and terrorism this year have all brought with them not only appalling scenes of devastation, death and suffering, but also outrage at the lack of preparations to avoid or cope with these disasters.

The enormous number of deaths, and the appalling waste and devastation, led to an abiding cynicism about the cultural values — including honor — that had characterized the pre-1914 moralandscapepe.

The enormous number of deaths, and the appalling waste and devastation, led to an abiding cynicism about the cultural values including honor that had characterized the pre-1914 moralandscapepe.

In addition to the appalling health risks (1.9 million deaths a year due to inhaling smoke from open fires) and the environmental devastation caused by cutting down trees for fuel, women and girls risk rape and sexual violence when they gather wood to cook or sell.

The devastation and fatalities from the rampant Western wildfires this summer, including awful fires in Southern California, are both appalling and frightening.

It's appalling — appalling.

Complete devastation".