Sentence examples for disaster we know from inspiring English sources

The temperance-leaguers in America may have been responsible for bringing about the legalised disaster we know as Prohibition, but with many who were also responsible for bringing women the vote, none could deny that they got a lot done.

After the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we know the widespread ecological and economic devastation that can result from an offshore oil well blow-out.

"[It's like a] disaster we know is going to happen and we've had months to prepare for it and if we're not prepared for it, shame on us," Rathore said.

In the first two weeks of the Keystone fight, we couldn't get any press to pay attention to our work to defeat the environmental disaster we knew it would be if it were approved – none at all.

Now after too many disasters, we know that school buildings can be further compromised by weather and other disasters: see pictures of schools ravaged by tornadoes, snow and ice storms hurricanes, and threatened by wild fires.

People think not winning a trophy is disaster but we know how difficult it is to do.

Ignoring the president or running as "not really Obama" proved to be a disaster, as we know.

"To their credit, Camden council [temporarily] rehoused almost 4,000 people after the Grenfell disaster, so we know they can rehouse people if they want to.

"While we still don't know the full toll of this disaster, we do know that an American community has been devastated, and many people including young men and women with their whole futures ahead of them—have tragically lost their lives".

Although we still don't know the details of what caused the disaster, we do know enough about the context to speculate about the larger implications.

"Recent climate and weather events have reminded us of the economic and human cost of the kind of natural disasters that we know are likely to become more frequent and severe as climate continues to change.