Sentence examples for devastation and dysfunction from inspiring English sources

A few minor but important infrastructure improvements were made to erase some of the traces of Detroit's chronic devastation and dysfunction, such as refurbishment of city parks, revetments of streets and repair of street lamps.

— a legacy of abuse and dysfunction.

This is a future of estrangement, resource waste and dysfunction.

Instead, I found gridlock and dysfunction.

Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival 1900-1950.

Years of devastation and war ensued.

Below, images of the devastation, and the rescue effort.

I was part of the devastation and the rehabilitation.

Susan Sontag on photography's view of devastation and death.

Japan's devastation and continuing nuclear crisis are harrowing.

But catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy remind us why we need government, both to protect us from devastation and to quickly restore civilized society when devastation occurs.