Sentence examples for drastic surge from inspiring English sources

The drastic surge in violence — mainly car bombs planted by Al Qaeda's Iraq affiliate against the Shiite majority, and the security sweeps in majority-Sunni neighborhoods that follow — has lent a new sense of Balkanization to this city.

Hong Kong confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday, a drastic surge that brought the total number of confirmed patients to 172.

The drastic surges in stock prices for both China State Construction Engineering Corp. and Sichuan Expressway are expected to ignite a fresh IPO craze on the mainland, partly because of pent-up demand: Chinese authorities suspended new listing approvals for 10 months until this June.

Popular resentment of Taraki's drastic policy changes triggered surging unrest throughout the country, reducing government control to only a limited area.

If the surge continues, more drastic regulatory action will be considered.

Drastic surgery was required.

Fortunately, awareness levels are surging about the drastic declines in shark populations.

Disappointment with first-quarter reports from I.B.M. and Intel helped send stocks lower yesterday, ending the two-day surge that followed last week's drastic sell-off.

The surge in arrests is a drastic departure from the days, not so long ago, when smoking a marijuana cigarette in public often drew no more than an angry glare from a police officer.

Mr. Wen and others for years have resisted setting total energy consumption goals and have only issued efficiency goals — precisely because overall consumption goals could require drastic measures to meet if the economy surges.

While storm surges and flooding might require the most drastic adaptation measures, Freed says that the most chronic effect of climate change on New York will be increasing temperatures.