Sentence examples for devastate confidence from inspiring English sources

Repudiation of free and open trade would devastate confidence and depress investment.

This devastated his confidence, though he would become an important influence on later artists.

They say that a terrorist with a bomb or knife could still evade the net, laying bare the industry's continued fragility and devastating the confidence among travelers that has returned month by month.

He has also been hearing the case of the Sunbeam Corporation, the appliance maker, which, like Enron, filed for Chapter 11 protection after questions about its accounting devastated the confidence of creditors and investors.

The drip-feed effect has been devastating for investors' confidence, helping to prolong the longest and deepest bear market since the second world war.

Criticism of any work when it's first started can be devastating to your confidence and desire to finish the project.

The scandals erupted in September, prompting a global recall of Chinese-made dairy products, shaking consumer confidence and devastating the nation's dairy industry.

After stating he wanted to win the Masters within the next decade, he put together devastating performances full of confidence and style - much like his World Championship triumph at the Crucible 10 years previously.

Tim Geithner: The consequences of that cliff loss of confidence were devastating.

After serving in World War I, he found his beloved Vienna "devastated and its people's confidence broken," Mr. Wapshott writes.

Any widespread loss of confidence would be devastating to an industry that employs 472,000, and has identified a customer base of three million people who contribute the majority of the $14.5 billion bet annually.