Sentence examples for disaster swept from inspiring English sources
After the stock market crashes, "the black clouds of economic disaster swept across the country".
The disaster swept millions of tons of material out to sea.
If disaster struck today -- if a natural disaster swept away my entire community or if internal unrest escalated to a civil war -- I know that I would think about how to stay safe, how to ensure that my family and friends could stay safe and how to keep my unborn baby alive and healthy.
It was as if a natural disaster had swept through, leaving no physical evidence of destruction, just silence behind it.
This new invention let news of new discoveries or disasters sweep through Europe in weeks, rather than years.
The scale of the economic disaster that has swept across much of southern Europe is worse than even most of the pessimists expected a couple of years ago, but the euro has survived so far, whereas a year ago many did not expect that to happen.
The traces of these disasters, though, have been swept away in waves of intensive urban development: today wide roadways run through the historic quarters of the old city, and unpaved alleys overhung with old wooden houses coexist with modern high-rise buildings, office parks, and shopping malls.
Not long after, another disaster struck: a cholera epidemic swept through Diyarbakir, killing Khatchadour and two of his children.
The city's early history is studded with events in which distinctions of wealth and race were swept aside by disaster.
Along most of the line, the attack met with immediate disaster, with the Turkish attackers swept away by the rifle and machine gun fire of the Anzac defenders.
Coming Together in face of Disaster & Tragedy: The recent devastating floods that swept through BiH, Serbia and Croatia caused personal tragedy and much loss of property.
