Sentence examples for disaster down from inspiring English sources

If they greeted the police with violence, they'd only bring disaster down upon themselves.

The own goal was a disaster, down to the Marouane Fellaini push on Gibbs that sent him into Szczesny which went undetected, and it is a worry for Wenger that opposing teams are creating little but still scoring.

Caroline McGinn The End of Innocence by Moni Mohsin (Penguin £7.99) Nine-year-old Laila brings disaster down on her teenage servant and friend Rani, in this first novel about love, arranged marriage, caste and murder in 1970s Pakistan.

He argues that the extremists are now working to extend a "belt" of resistance groups around Israel: "The race is on: will a global solution be found before this belt is closed?"Persuaded that time is on their side, Islamist radicals are prepared to pull disaster down on everyone's head, and if this hurts Arab leaders more than Israel, so be it.

And pageviews were a disaster, down by more than 90% to 4 million in September 2010 from 41 million in May (pre-paywall).

Signals are as low and safe, so you don't have to worry about creating a radioactive disaster down under.

Wells Fargo, American Express and ConocoPhillips turned into mini-disasters, down more than 50% from year-ago highs.

To take a less visible example, the disaster shut down a shelter for battered women.

Sometimes, the margins between glory and disaster come down to not very much at all.

On Tuesday, when the jury gave its determinations, BBC journalists with no personal connections to the disaster broke down in court and wept.

Mr. Kan was already in political trouble before the disaster, weighed down by a gridlocked Parliament that had blocked important budget bills and by accusations that he had accepted political donations from a foreigner in violation of local laws.