Sentence examples for dramatic toll from inspiring English sources

"It is shocking but not surprising that poaching has taken such a dramatic toll on this iconic species," she said.

But this neglect takes a dramatic toll even on illiterates: farmers can no longer identify pests and choose the proper pesticides, craftsmen cannot manage fine handiwork, seamstresses cannot sew.

Extracting fuel from tar sands, a source for oil that's gaining in popularity as an alternative to off-shore drilling, takes a dramatic toll on the environment.

However, he says that the situation was not as bad as on the French and English islands and does not speak of any dramatic death toll (Jong, C. de. Reize naar de Caribische Eilanden, 1807. p. 140).

The environmental toll is dramatic.

The human costs of unemployment are dramatic, exacting a heavy toll from people and communities.

Although it might seem that a species has adapted to Bd and shows no clinical signs of the disease, she says, "in reality it's still stressed by the infection, which is likely to take a less dramatic but still important toll on the population over time".

The high toll is a dramatic new landmark for the almost unstoppable flu strain.

It's a dramatic example of history taking its toll on a president.

Oil giant BP has reported a sharp fall in profit for the three months to the end of March as the dramatic fall in oil prices takes its toll.

The images below reveal the dramatic effects of the spill and its enormous toll on the wildlife, landscape and people of southern Alaska.