Sentence examples for could prove devastating from inspiring English sources

A loss could prove devastating at worst, and embarrassing at the very least.

For such firms, the introduction of carbon taxes or fees on emissions could prove devastating.

Losing Chandler — the Knicks' leading rebounder, shot-blocker and defensive conscience — even for a quarter could prove devastating against the Heat, the Eastern Conference's reigning champions.

Andrea Taylor, director of the Investment Industry Association of Canada, said compliance costs could prove devastating for smaller investment firms already facing tough times.

Further cuts at the steelworks could prove devastating for Whyalla, which has already had to absorb the closure of Alinta Energy's Leigh Creek coalmine in November.

By late August private-equity firms had cancelled four IPOs scheduled for the month, according to Dealogic, a research outfit.In normal times such delays might simply be inconvenient, but now they could prove devastating.

The storm could still prove devastating to the region of fishing villages and oil-and-gas towns.

The gush of oil likely to spew from a "liberated" Iraq the only country whose reserves even begin to rival Saudi Arabia's could prove devastating.

In this jittery atmosphere, mere rumors can prove devastating.

A crackdown on its workforce would prove devastating.

But some Republicans warned that the image of the party's throwing a roadblock before a historic nomination could prove politically devastating.