Sentence examples for disastrous place from inspiring English sources

You can start thinking that the world is a disastrous place.

He had begun to feel that their relationship was heading toward a disastrous place he did not want to go to, a place that repulsed him.

He keeps saying that he is not trying to rebuild his career and I can only take him at face value, because this would be a crazy, disastrous place to start.

Ghettos are disastrous places to live.

This could, and often did, place victims in a disastrous situation: the rapist might be the commander, the man who had day-to-day power over her.

Though Kasparov is officially retired and Karpov is not, the older grandmaster's disastrous last place recently in San Sebastián and his relative weakness in speed play make him the underdog.

Eight summers have passed since the last time the US team were crowned global kings, in Sydney, their slide since incorporating a disastrous sixth place at the 2002 World's and a bronze at the subsequent Olympics.

That would set up the kind of challenge Howard Dean faced in 2004, when his huge get-out-the-vote effort – known as "The Perfect Storm" – sank into a disastrous third place.

Men's team pursuit (qualifiers Wednesday, final Thursday) Once a formality, this year a critical event because it will provide an immediate picture of how the team has moved on after last year's disastrous eighth place in Cali.

Wiggins was riding in his first Track World Championship final in eight years to anchor the team pursuits to a solid silver medal, Trott's gold in the scratch made up for a disastrous fifth place in qualifying for her and her pursuit team-mates in the afternoon, while Clancy and James were just glad to be on the boards after serious injuries.

The United States had a disastrous 12th place finish in the 1998 tournament, requiring them to go into a qualifying round to avoid relegation to the B division for 1999.