Sentence examples for devastating opening from inspiring English sources

We carry with us, through the sadness of aging and loss, the memory of these devastating opening lines — devastating just because they are not continued, but simply abandoned by Munro at the very start of her tale.

In a devastating opening statement, delivered without notes, Comey explained how confused he was.

The Crows recorded 10 centre clearances to North's three in a devastating opening half of football under their new boss.

This takes a while to become apparent in "Backdraft," since Ron Howard, who directed, has the kind of technical prowess that allows him to hook the audience immediately with a devastating opening sequence.

A devastating opening speech by the lead prosecution barrister, Sasha Wass QC, portrayed Adoboli as a narcissistic status-chaser whose hubris compelled him to try to claw back his losses with ever more reckless bets.

The former argument was outlined by the prosecution QC, Sasha Wass, in a devastating opening speech which surmised that Adoboli's potential losses were at one point big enough to sink UBS.

The aliens who invade Earth with devastating effect on the opening page manifest no recognizable pattern of behavior.

I read Dave Eggers's book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and thought the opening was absolutely devastating.

They are all over the place tactically, sticking to a script written in a foreign language, but on the occasions they played naturally at Murrayfield, mainly in the opening 10 minutes, they looked devastating.

It's a sentence that may spin in your mind while you read the opening pages of "Wave," Sonali Deraniyagala's devastating new memoir.

WASHINGTON -- The United States Postal Service stayed the sword hanging over thousands of rural post offices, opting instead to cut opening hours in a bid to stem devastating financial losses.