Sentence examples for devastating last from inspiring English sources

Relying on Drinkwater to do so much defending reduces his ability to spring the sort of counter-attacks that made Leicester so devastating last season.

History has a way of giving the lie to such superlatives, and storytelling, as the devastating last sentence of the novel suggests, can -- should -- give the lie to anyone's delusions of self-importance.

"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.

He said it had been devastating last month to tell workers who had been with him for 15 years that they would have to start paying half of their premiums and that he could no longer insure their spouses and children.

In the film's devastating last scene, Stephen listens to the voice of his now teenage son, whose name is never heard on the soundtrack, and what he hears is, in its way, more shocking than any of the boy's lurid courtroom testimony.

Mark Danner's article was brilliant, devastating (Sept . 11.

The city's population surged after many people fled San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake.

That is why it was so devastating this summer when Carbon Hill High School burned to the ground.

Likewise, Mr. Nelson noted, the devastating 1999 earthquake in Turkey showed no uptick in psychic activity.

The story opens in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.

Still, the blast stirred dark memories of a devastating August 2009 truck bombing against the Foreign Ministry and Finance Ministry that killed scores of people.