Sentence examples for catastrophic for us from inspiring English sources

Losing the money would be catastrophic for us.

"The result of failing to act can be much more catastrophic for us all than the worry about acting.

"The Taliban sanctuary in Baluchistan is catastrophic for us," a Marine told me on a recent trip to Afghanistan's Helmand Province, across the border from Baluchistan.

It's an issue of such strategic importance with the public that it would be catastrophic for us to go into an election with that as our policy".

Now of course, we are a million miles away from any fundamental breakup of the EU, and it would be catastrophic for us if it happened – but the love-in between Cameron and Merkel shows both sides that they could do pretty well by forming a closer relationship.

Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez: "It could have been catastrophic for us, but we improved and our professional image was rescued".

She said that newcomers to the island "would probably think it's catastrophic, where for us, it's just the way things are.

"Mr Knight has changed the course of games with catastrophic consequences for us recently," added Souness, who saw the official send off three of his players against Aston Villa.

The double standards in our anti-terror laws, and the relentless and discriminatory focus on Muslims, means we are in danger of catching the next Mohammed Siddique Khan but letting the next Neil Lewington slip through the net – with catastrophic consequences for us all.

Nate Smith, adding that the killer's "actions have the potential to be catastrophic for all of us".

Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: "Homelessness can be catastrophic for those of us who experience it.