Sentence examples for devastating development from inspiring English sources

Bradley's injury was the most devastating development Friday.

It was a devastating development for the Avalanche because Roy accidentally caused it.

But for Yonkers, the state's fourth-largest city, the Supreme Court's action was a devastating development.

Too many tourists might damage the Galápagos; too few might mire it in poverty, prey to more devastating development schemes.

Instead of being criticized, Cayard deserves applause for his cool, no-panic response to a potentially devastating development: his spinnaker had just blown.

A diplomatic source said the approval of the new settlement was "a devastating development for all those who believe in a two-state solution".

Sexual abuse in children is a global public health problem and violation of human rights, affecting children and woman of all ages, socio-economic levels, and cultural backgrounds that results in devastating health development and economic consequences for victims and society (Cattaneo et al. 2007; Gilbert et al. 2009).

"It's a model of what can be done in hot-spot areas that have been devastated by development," said Russell A. Mittermeier, the president of Conservation International.

This energy poverty is devastating to human development.

Warlords, local landlords, and foreign powers exploited the grasslands and the local herdsmen, devastating the socioeconomic development of the region (Da and Zheng 2010).

"Pharma companies have mostly abandoned this type of research, which has been devastating for the development of new antibiotics," said Mylonakis.