Sentence examples for devastating price from inspiring English sources

That would be a devastating price to pay.

China is so dependent on Taiwan and America today for investment and trade that it cannot afford to invade Taiwan without paying a devastating price.

For Greece and Cyprus, being part of the euro means being part of modern Europe, which is why both countries want to stay despite the devastating price they have paid for membership.

As Greeks took to the streets in stunned anger – as much at their nation's economic meltdown as at the devastating price of international aid needed to avert default – millions of holidays were cancelled overnight.

The shadow business secretary, John Denham, said the extra cost of university for young people who miss out this year "shows the devastating price the Tory-led government is forcing on those students who will have to wait another year".

Worrying about the way men seek to control women surely isn't the same as condoning it, and in any case, doesn't Jack pay a devastating price for his attempt to police his wife's life?

Portfolio insurance, by contrast, was well known to market watchers before the 1987 crash, although the way it could devastate prices was not fully appreciated.

But considering that clinics have been devastated, prices for essentials are soaring and the maternal health situation was already grim before the disaster, thousands of pregnant women and new moms simply can't get access to the health care they need, according to UNFPA.

Erratic weather, which has brought floods and drought, and rising food prices are taking a devastating toll on east Africa.

Despite this overall growth, individual brewers had to struggle to survive in a highly competitive industry often devastated by price wars.

4. Credit rating agency Moody's has twice warned that unless fiscal policy improves, the U.S. Treasury bond could face a downgrade, which would likely devastate the price of the bonds.