Sentence examples for epidemic proportion from inspiring English sources

Within my working lifetime, the pattern of antibiotic resistance in healthcare has transformed from a rare but notable event, to a problem of epidemic proportion.

But more than anything, the episode illustrates how widespread fear of the infectious disease severe acute respiratory syndrome has become -- even in places far from the countries where it has spread in epidemic proportion, like China.

"These are only the tip of the iceberg as the large majority of child rape cases are not reported to the police while children regularly become victims of other forms of sexual assault, too," the report stated, adding that "sexual offenses against children in India have reached an epidemic proportion".

The epidemic proportion of suicides in local jails has sparked an increased interest in researching the correlates of jail suicides and analyzing why jails, unlike prisons, pose such a high suicide risk to its population (Bonner 2000; Dillon 2013).

Because non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a challenge of epidemic proportion and that they will be the commonest cause of mortality in Africa by 2030, early detection and treatment can significantly improve patient outcomes.

It's a phenomenon of epidemic proportion.

He said: "It has reached epidemic proportions.

Violence against women is at epidemic proportions.

Air traffic delays have reached epidemic proportions.

Kitchen one-upsmanship seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.

Obesity and poor eating habits are at epidemic proportions.