Sentence examples for by a catastrophe from inspiring English sources

Our time is defined by a catastrophe to come".

Men move around with the kinetic energy of those overwhelmed by a catastrophe and lacking the knowledge and the tools to save the victims.

Dodd-Frank, Mr. Kaiser writes, was an anomaly: "An accomplishment produced by a catastrophe and by the fear engendered by that catastrophe".

He is, he says, indebted to the work of postwar British dramatist Edward Bond: "His time has been defined by a catastrophe that had been lived through.

Aid groups say that they have been knocked back on their heels by a catastrophe they describe as more difficult to manage than famine in Africa or the tsunami in Asia.

This is becoming all the more urgent, given that many NGOs and sustainability professionals are giving up hope, and believing that change will happen only when the world is hit by a catastrophe of epic proportions.

Authors PW, CJT and AG are employed by Risk Management Solutions Inc., a catastrophe risk modelling company.

Bad or not, the idea was that by legislating a catastrophe that no sane person would accept, the fiscal logjam in Washington would be broken.

Is it any surprise that this disturbing brand of cinema was triggered by 9/11, a catastrophe that, despite the valor it called forth, and the wars that ensued, lies beyond redemption and revenge?

As I gazed at the broken ruins of the dam, destroyed around 570AD by flooding, a catastrophe which marked the end of a civilisation, little children dressed in brightly coloured clothes appeared from nowhere, clutching treasures in their tiny hands.

"The assassination of Dzindzic was by itself a catastrophe," Borka Pavicevic told me.