Sentence examples for apparent disaster from inspiring English sources

In the face of the Lib Dems' apparent disaster, Farron thinks these might actually be exciting times.

They won the Senior Trials in Las Vegas in June, surviving an apparent disaster on the diagramed deal.

The most surprising of these may be the romantic-comedy convention of an interrupted wedding, an apparent disaster that will of course turn out to be a blessing.

His eight years in charge saw him repeatedly plucking triumph from apparent disaster, either through luck, as his critics averred, or through sheer resilience, as he would see it.

Jim McCluskey Twickenham Reading the various Observer articles about Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour party, you'd wonder why any sensible or decent person could ever support such an apparent disaster, at times portrayed as an inefficient, bumbling Mr Bean, otherwise as some sort of sinister, leftwing fascist.

Saved from apparent disaster by the assassination of Sigebert I in 575, Chilperic was prevented from seizing the lands of the dead king's young heir, Childebert II, by the action of Guntram, his third half brother and the king of Burgundy.

Instead of getting upset over apparent disasters, recognize that events have no inherent meaning.

Georgia, meanwhile, loomed as the most apparent potential disaster for Republicans if they got the wrong candidate.

On May 11 the formation of his National Coalition Government was announced and on May 13 he told Parliament grimly that: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat". Within a few days it became apparent that disaster was overwhelming the French, British and Belgian Armies in Flanders and on May 28 King Leopold of the Belgians surrendered his forces.

To cope with a polarized electorate, our leaders have figured out a way to create an apparent impending disaster that is unpalatable regardless of one's ideology.

For example, they cite a study in which researchers found that Queenslanders did not make decisions about buying insurance based on the apparent risks of disaster, but based on the social norms around buying insurance a seemingly irrational choice reflecting the herding bias.