Sentence examples for devastating word from inspiring English sources

The novelty of watching film stars, meant to add a little glamour to turgid court proceedings, wears off quickly, the selections of testimony for the first 30 minutes seem arbitrary, and the defendant transcripts were cherrypicked to sound as myopic as possible with the prosecution always getting the last, devastating word.

Not exactly comforting news, but not devastating words either.

Mr. Crone, the former staff members said, is a steely man of few, but devastating, words, a manner he forged over years of facing down the angry subjects of News of the World scoops.

President Barack Obama modeled a possible response to devastating news in his words and clearly-felt emotions after the Newtown shooting.

The results can be devastating...beyond words or description actually.

The word "devastating" was being retweeted online.

Mr. Thomas's early reviews were, in a word, devastating.

While he remains devoted, She gradually falls apart in a film that "is, in a word, devastating" (Holden).

The church's prohibition against the LGBTQ community was, in a word, devastating.

Manager Zane Landreth said of her death: "We are devastated beyond words".

For newborns, that first outbreak can turn out to be, in Leone's words, "devastating".