Sentence examples for down devastating from inspiring English sources

The Iraqis have learned that these captains, many still in their 20s, can call down devastating American firepower one day and approve multimillion-dollar projects the next.

The banks' risky loans eventually came crashing down, devastating communities and causing financial havoc.

After the supercell moved through Nashville the environment became more favorable again and a strong tornado did touch down, devastating a lengthy swath of Middle Tennessee in the late evening hours and killing 22 people.

For the estimated 12,000 women in the U.S. who risk passing down devastating mitochondrial diseases, including neurological disorders, and heart and kidney problems, a new procedure can be the difference in deciding to have children or not.

After President Obama's super-strong 2 million deportations, one can only hope that "stronger" year-end action entails bringing home everyone deported, expanding parole-in-place to everyone present without authorization, shutting down for-profit detention centers and massively scaling down devastating immigration enforcement programs such as Secure Communities.

She looks down, devastated.

I personally think the destruction of the environment is an outcome of monotheistic religions that put a male figure above everything else, and over time this has had a trickle-down, devastating effect on the environment.

But Judge Jacqueline Davies instead handed down a devastating finding at Doncaster which dismissed Chambers's appeal on every count.

In the closing 3 29 of the game, Coleman scored on two free throws and put down a devastating 3-pointer to ruin the Knicks' second comeback attempt in two nights.

Mr. Gore has spent the last few days trying to live down the devastating "Saturday Night Live" parody of his performance in Debate No. 1, as the guy begging for permission to give two answers to the question.

Everyone is struggling to turn things around in Afghanistan where tens of thousands of American soldiers are putting their lives on the line every day to stop al Qaeda from terrorizing ours and to bring down the devastating unemployment rate here at home.