Sentence examples for devastating act from inspiring English sources

It was the most devastating act of terrorism in European history, except for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

She signaled this devastating act by inviting Sonia Gandhi, leader of the Indian National Congress Party, for a cup of tea.

'EUREKA' -- Though filmed in Japan two years ago, Shinji Aoyama's movie couldn't seem more contemporary: its subject is the emotional void left by a devastating act of irrational violence.

And Norma, baffled by the behavioral shifts of the men in her life, reluctantly agrees to take up with a wealthy railroad official, a solution that satisfies no one and that precipitates a devastating act of violence.

He is slowly finding his way back into music -- a dream Village Gate gig hangs in the not-too-distant future -- when everything goes to pieces in a devastating act of violence.

On the land where one of the most assertive constructions of the twentieth century once stood, on the land where the most devastating act of urban destruction in the history of the United States took place, we ought to be able to come up with something more than six variations in an ordinary key.

But coming behind them might lie other groups with agendas of nationalism or religious extremism that might plot to replace old-fashioned bombs with devastating acts of internet sabotage.

The report notes that, in addition to such globally devastating acts as the decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, Trump has exemplified the rise of "charismatic strongman politics," which has contributed to a "febrile" geopolitical environment.

Past Summits have looked at the future of energy, education, and global business -- but during a time marred by devastating acts of terror, including the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria and wars that have forced thousands to flee their homelands, the 2016 Summit on Human Rights was particularly timely.

(By the devastating second act, I was beyond tears).

"The trade center is like a great character out of a classical tragedy," said Ric Burns, whose new documentary, "The Center of the World," looks at the events of 9/11 as the devastating last act of a decades-long drama.