Sentence examples for devastating number from inspiring English sources

One prime example of the phenomenon is West Nile virus, which wiped out a devastating number of songbirds, as the disease spread across the Western Hemisphere in the early 2000s, Brook explained.

Ebola's toll is much greater than the devastating number of deaths.

The nonprofit, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), is constantly working to reduce that devastating number.

The slaughter of Africa's elephants for their ivory is leaving a devastating number of casualties: some conservationists cite as many as 50,000 are being killed annually.

Echoing Jamail's findings, a September 2012 study published in the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology that focused on maternity hospitals in the cities of Basra and Fallujah recorded a devastating number of birth defects in the past decade.

Alongside the energy and passion to see a real change in the devastating number of babies that die before birth, there was a moderating voice from a number of the researchers for the need for robust, peer reviewed evidence to be generated before significant recommendations for change in practice, or public health campaigns are launched.

The tsunami that followed the 8.9-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc along a huge stretch of Japan's north-east coast, sweeping far inland and devastating a number of towns and villages.

The tsunami that followed the 8.9-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc along a huge stretch of on Japan's north-east coast, sweeping far inland and devastating a number of towns and villages.

Though it claims fewer turtles than the food market, the pet trade has devastated a number of species, turtle experts said, including all four tortoise species from Madagascar, the pancake tortoise of Kenya and Tanzania, and the Egyptian tortoise.

The businesses accepted that the falling cost of solar photovoltaic panels should be reflected in falling subsidies, but the industry said cutting support by over 50% in the next six weeks would devastate the number of installations on homes, schools and small businesses.

One stupid decision made in a drunken stupor can completely devastate a number of people, so it's time to make a change.