Sentence examples for devastating circumstances from inspiring English sources

Anybody who has ever been in devastating circumstances knows it takes time and money, luck and grace to recover.

Before this happened, I had known of only two women who had contended with such devastating circumstances.

Australia, who relinquished their grasp on the World Cup in such devastating circumstances five years ago, are champions once again.

Most important, Judge Louis L. Stanton of United States District Court, who is handling the civil case against Mr. Madoff, is being urged to consider broadening the protections normally available to investors in failed Wall Street firms to allow for the "devastating" circumstances of the Madoff scandal.

And, yet, today, people face their own version of devastating circumstances in a myriad of forms.

We always have a choice in every situation we encounter, including the most hurtful and devastating circumstances.

Their stories are heart-wrenching, circumstances devastating, lives turned upside down.

Christopher Anderson, the executive director of MaleSurvivor, said sexual abuse — basically nonconsensual touching or sexual language — is devastating under any circumstance, but coach and player often have a special relationship.

She added: "This is a tragic situation – the death of a young person is always devastating – but in these circumstances, it is all the more heartbreaking.

Divorce can be financially devastating even under normal circumstances, let alone when you have a child with long-term costs that you hope to help pay throughout that child's life.

As the Center for American Progress has noted, "The high unemployment rate of unmarried women, and particularly the 1.3 million unemployed female heads of household who are primary breadwinners for their families, is devastating to their financial circumstances and standard of living".