Sentence examples for devastation prompted from inspiring English sources

The resulting devastation prompted the Nazis to name the outrage Kristallnacht, "night of the broken glass", a term chosen to belittle the damage done and mock the victims.

The devastation in Haiti prompted authorities to postpone a presidential election scheduled for Sunday.

The devastation in western Sudan prompted the ICC to add the charge of genocide to counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against Mr Bashir in July.

Explaining the aim of the poll, the AFI said that the recent troubles in Iraq and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina prompted them to draw up a list of films about hope.

The 1926 Miami Hurricane and the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane caused widespread devastation and flooding which prompted the Army Corps of Engineers to construct a dike around Lake Okeechobee.

The prospect of humiliation in Vietnam was what prompted Nixon's devastation of Cambodia, setting the stage for the genocidal Pol Pot.

In late November, Typhoon Durian brought even greater devastation to the Philippines and prompted greater need for international assistance.

In South Africa, the devastation caused by P. cinnamomi in the 1970s prompted the importation of clonal rootstocks and the development of a large scale selection program in the 1980s.

In this study, they prompted some of the children with photographs of the devastation and suffering, and then administered the Dictator Game along with a standard measure of empathy.

Hurricane Sandy, which has already caused devastation in the Caribbean, is set to hit New York City this week and has prompted Mayor Bloomberg to order a mandatory evacuation of 375,000 people in low-lying areas.

Tragically, just as it took the death and devastation of Pearl Harbor to prompt the United States to enter World War II, only an act of barbarism as cruel and nightmarish as the Sept. 11 attacks could have spurred the United States government to mobilize its forces against terrorists on such an enormous scale, with overwhelming public support.