Sentence examples for devastating step from inspiring English sources
The effort took a devastating step backward yesterday, with the news that six public-health workers were killed in Pakistan; all had been administering polio vaccines.
While this might seem fitting for a country that keeps migrant children in cages, it's another devastating step away from accountability.
Phil Reynolds, policy and campaigns adviser at Parkinson's UK, said: "This is a devastating step backwards for people with Parkinson's.
She declined to say how the law would be altered, but the public repudiation of what would have been a devastating step backwards for Afghan women was welcomed by activists and diplomats.
His right to be heard is framed in terms of Britain's long history, its status as an investor in Egypt, a trading partner and even as a source of tourists (British officials are keen to point out that the Foreign Office never took the economically devastating step of warning British tourists to stay away from the big resorts on and around the Red Sea).
Then, on Wednesday night, Mr. McGreevey took what aides described as "the most devastating" step in that process by walking up the stairs of Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion, and telling his wife that he had betrayed her with another man and was about to go public.
Researchers believe that their funerals marked the next steps on the virus's devastating sweep through Guinea and across the nearby borders into Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Pierce led all scorers with 28 points and Walker added 22, including a devastating step-back 3-pointer from the left wing with 3 20 left to put Boston in front, 80-76.
Yemen "is one step away" from devastating famine, UN aid chief warns.
After devastating cyclones, UNICEF and partners step in to help Madagascar NEW YORK, USA, 10 April 2007 – The island nation of Madagascar has seen more than its fair share of nature's destructive capacity recently.
The consequences could be devastating if the Swiss do not step carefully, others warned.
