Sentence examples for devastation as from inspiring English sources

Militants waging war on the Egyptian state have warned that they aim to sow economic devastation as well as fear with their attacks, most recently in the bombing of a Russian charter plane last October, with a small device smuggled on to the Metrojet flight inside a soda can.

Curiously enough, the makers of "Wall-E" took it upon themselves to deny that the film was a parable of environmental devastation as well as a disarmingly sweet love story, while some who commented on "The Dark Knight" pushed the allegorical interpretation as far as it would go, reading the film as a cloaked apologia for — unless it was a veiled critique of — President Bush and his policies.

These need not be nukes; biological and chemical weapons can wreak devastation as well.

The near-supersonic lateral blast, loaded with volcanic debris, caused devastation as far as 19 mile from the volcano.

Rumours floated that there were plans afoot to close the entire operation – a decision that would have thrown nearby Swansea, Llanelli, Neath, Bridgend, Newport and Ebbw Vale into a state of economic devastation, as well as Port Talbot itself.

It was writer Noah Oppenheim, a longtime political junkie and senior vice president of NBC News, who had the idea of doing a multilayered examination of Jacqueline Kennedy during the post-assassination week when she had to deal with her own personal devastation as well as questions of preserving her husband's legacy.    .

The surrounding devastation looked as real as it had on television in Texas.

Hartley's detailed portrait of class tensions, sexual betrayal and emotional devastation remains as powerful as ever.

That icy living room on the stage, designed by Wilson Chin, will become a scene of devastation, just as surely as New York and Baghdad did.

This is obviously not a spoiler, so no alert is needed, but even with the title's guaranteed foreknowledge, such ambitious devastation comes as quite a shock.

A private pilot who flew over other islands has reported total devastation there as well – and with no support yet reaching them.