Sentence examples for devastated by wars from inspiring English sources

"In a world where the lives of millions of people are devastated by wars and disasters, the global community is struggling to cope with demands on funds and support," he added.

A high-level panel's report to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in January noted that the world is spending $25 billion a year, or 12 times the amount it was 15 years ago, to provide life-saving assistance to 125 million people devastated by wars and natural disasters.

Ukraine, Sudan, Iraq, Syria and especially Israel and Gaza are being devastated by wars to which there appears to be no solution, and with every drop of blood shed, our hearts harden until they turn into stones to be used as weapons.

Devastated by war and decades of misrule, Liberia's state and economy have all but collapsed.

In 1919, the Italian tourism industry, like much of the country, had been devastated by war.

In little more than five decades, the natural world has reclaimed an area devastated by war.

Let's rewind 70 years, when Europe was devastated by war and had massive refugee populations.

Trumpeted as a success by David Cameron at the time, four years later Libya has disintegrated, devastated by war and ruled by rival warlords who plunder the country.

This didn't happen in some far off part of the world devastated by war and poverty.

Seventy years ago charitable Americans sent Christmas food parcels and emergency supplies to a Britain devastated by war.

Iraq, devastated by war, is now facing a water crisis in both the north and the south that may be unprecedented in its history.