Sentence examples for can torpedo from inspiring English sources

Knowing too much can torpedo the experience.

Suddenly feeling invisible is a pretty big setback, and it can torpedo a young woman's confidence.

But now, with banks far more cautious about lending, a low appraisal can torpedo a deal.

A joke gone bad can torpedo a speech, a campaign or even a career.

The servicing standards were intended in part to address delays that can torpedo efforts to save a home.

A Bartleby -- often but not always a superior -- can torpedo your projects, blow your deadlines, make you look incompetent and waste massive amounts of your time.

And labor unions — crucial to providing good service and a smooth operation — can effectively torpedo a deal if they choose.

One state determined to oppose the scheme can effectively torpedo it, because changes to the rules governing the national electricity market requires a consensus among the participants.

A middling credit score can also torpedo an application for an apartment and drive up the cost of cellphone plans and auto insurance.

Parochialism has reared its head recently with inter-town posturing and chest thumping between Riverhead and Southampton, while East Hampton is doing everything it can to torpedo a regional transportation planning mechanism supported by the four other East End towns.

While very funny at times, it is concerned at heart with the consequences of carelessness — of failing to pay attention to, or fight for, those one loves — and the random, out-of-the-blue events that can abruptly torpedo or transform a life.