Sentence examples for capable of disastrous from inspiring English sources

As Noam Scheiber writes in The New Republic, "we now have ironclad proof — as if we really needed it — that everyone is capable of disastrous stupidity".

Yet the Athenian democracy, which functioned by holding the equivalent of a referendum every nine days, was quite as capable of taking disastrous wrong turns as its modern counterparts.

Both faults are capable of producing disastrous earthquakes.

Both faults are well known and capable of producing disastrous earthquakes.

Jonny Wilkinson last night suggested that England are capable of putting a disastrous four years behind them to retain the World Cup in France this autumn.

It was quintessentially an un-Bush moment when suddenly this presidential "decider" seemed possessed of a brain capable of reversing his disastrous course.

A man so strong that he is capable of redeeming them of their disastrous future.

But any of the top 10 is capable of having a decisive day, or a disastrous one.

But against a Heat team capable of defensive clampdowns, spotting sizable early leads could be disastrous for the Thunder.

And George Bush may be a disastrous and dishonest president, but would he be capable of such a monstrous act?

– Matthew Flinders For the Charity Commission this would be disastrous: "It is essential that there is external oversight, independent from government, capable of effectively regulating the sector.