Sentence examples for devastating to people from inspiring English sources

The epidemic drained the health system of resources to deal with other medical issues, which can be devastating to people living on the economic edge.

"It will be psychologically devastating to tens of thousands of people in Wisconsin and materially devastating to people who've already seen a 10% cut in their pay and no longer have collective bargaining in any real sense".

He has spent much of that time at ground level, documenting the harsh lives of the country's poorest people, covering, he says, at least 18 forced evictions, some of them violent, all of them devastating to people whose lives are tied to the land of their spirits and their forefathers.

"This was devastating to people's lives".

The impacts of any new runway will be devastating to people's lives and to the planet.

A government plan to convert hundreds of thousands of hectares of land to irrigated plantations could be devastating to people and ecosystems downstream.

White people do not want to admit that their racism, the reason people are taking to the streets, is because the power wielded by a racist government has been devastating to black people.

"If even a portion of these allegations are true, this is going to be devastating to many people".

Ultimately, he says, he doesn't really care whether Verona wins or loses, but the breakup of Giorgio's family would be devastating to many people.

"If a town or village loses its hospital, and given how hard it is to commute between towns, it's devastating to the people".

A more than 30percentt cut combined with the virtual elimination of health care is devastating to the people who dedicated a career to Detroit, and depend on these benefits to meet basic needs.