Sentence examples for as a debacle from inspiring English sources
Still, he described the Broadway experience as a "debacle".
But after news of his season-ending injury was disclosed, the trade could now be characterized as a debacle.
Another longtime fund manager described Gotham, which invested in small and medium-size technology companies, as a debacle.
Those mass demonstrations were initially dismissed as a debacle, given their failure to extract any concrete concessions.
Not only do they demand too much in the way of hardware, both have been been written off as a debacle as bad as the Windows Vista disaster.
Ms. Baker was chairwoman during Mr. Mortier's hiring and quick resignation, which was widely viewed as a debacle in the opera world.
But he added, "It is a debacle as far as the government process is concerned, and that's Governor Pataki's supposed responsibility and he bears the blame".
So much of sports success is all about timing and although we long knew that the Titans owner Bud Adams was challenged in that regard (his hair being from the Pleistocene Era and all), that it took until yesterday to figure out Jeff Fisher wasn't returning as coach was a debacle even by Adams's standards.
An appearance on "Meet the Press" by Dr. Dean on Sunday, arranged by his aides as part of this announcement swing, turned into what even some Dean supporters described today as something of a debacle, highlighting many areas of attacks Dr. Dean would be subject to in a general election or a primary.
THE NEWS An ambitious military offensive aimed at showcasing Afghanistan's military capability instead became a debacle as Taliban fighters battered a battalion of Afghan troops in a remote eastern part of the country.
But it was the highest-profile industrial project, a planned car factory for India's most famous corporate conglomerate, Tata, that became a debacle as farmers revolted against the land acquisition — and political opponents like Ms. Banerjee pounced on the story line that the Communists had sold out the peasants.
