Sentence examples for devastating realities from inspiring English sources

But our corps members are also face to face with the devastating realities of a community that has lost so much and had to struggle for control over its own destiny.

We are facing some devastating realities if we do not take stock and re-examine our priorities and efforts".

Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, is home to the Buccaneers, a superb high school football team and the subject of an understated but obscurely devastating reality series that continues tonight with its third episode on MTV.

They range from Charles Chauvel's Jedda (1955), the first Australian feature shot in colour, to Fred Schepisi's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), which played a part in shaping debate around racial relations, to Warwick Thornton's devastating reality check Samson and Delilah (2009).

The rise in rough sleeping is devastating – the realities of life on the streets are truly horrific: the average age of death of a homeless people is just 47, which is 30 years lower than the general population, while people who sleep rough are far more likely to be dependent on drugs or alcohol or to suffer from mental illness than the general population.

In each instance, the movie's titular protagonist, played by Saoirse Ronan, is forced to reckon with the devastating incongruity between reality and the fantasies we conjure of love.

It's a devastating reminder of the realities of animal cruelty.

Their reality is devastating.

The reality can be devastating for families with children taken into care for being obese, or suffering long-term health problems.

To fire experts, public officials and the victims of these disasters the reality is clear: Devastating, year-round wildfires are the new normal, and things may get worse before they get better.

In 2012, photographers captured the unspeakable pain of war and the thrill of victory, devastating natural disasters and the harsh realities of the economic crisis.