Sentence examples for devastation and a from inspiring English sources

Flooding in India caused devastation, and a death toll of 6,000, in the state of Uttarakhand.

When Shah secured a visa, he arrived in Mina to devastation and a nephew turned half-mad by grief.

During the grim first days of the crisis, the Self-Defense Forces were the face of the government amid scenes of devastation, and a lifeline for shocked survivors.

AS it happens, in the case of this particular field, many others have been dismayed about its possible devastation, and a local opposition group has formed to try and protect it.

Along that timeline lies white flight, an oil bust, a soaring crime rate, a steady frog-march of corrupt officials, near absolute devastation and a frustratingly slow and fitful recovery.

An iconic sporting event had turned into a scene of chilling devastation, and a photograph of Bauman in the aftermath, his legs gruesomely lost, later became a searing symbol of the attacks.

Iraqis are traumatized by a decade of death and devastation, and an even longer history of sanctions, war and tyranny.

Its second album, "Part II: The New December" (Asthmatic Kitty) continues a dystopian sci-fi opus about a planet-wide battle that involves both environmental devastation and an erosion of language and meaning.

Fair traders argue that the reality is rather more complicated, and that free trade deals are corporate welfare packages that leave behind economic immiseration, environmental devastation and an impoverished civil sector.

From the initial flash through the adrenaline-pumping destruction it left behind, the short video is an immersive exploration into what it takes to create realistic computer-generated devastation, and an awesome metaphor for the dazzling complexity of nuclear destruction.

ADAN does not believe TCG's cover-up of its involvement in the planet's devastation and launches a war on what they see as a tyrant government.