Sentence examples for era of devastation from inspiring English sources

"A nation which sets the precedent of using these newly liberated forces of nature for purposes of destruction," he wrote, "may have to bear the responsibility of opening the door to an era of devastation on an unimaginable scale". The petition, signed by about 70 scientists, never reached Truman.

The Ndebele fought their way northwards into the Transvaal, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake and beginning an era of widespread devastation known as the Mfecane.

Not exactly, but in an era of environmental devastation our awareness of something mightier than ourselves is a heartening sign of our better nature.

But the most impactful track here might be the most recent, Bruce Springsteen's My Hometown: a song from the era of Reaganomics, about financial devastation wrought on 1960s New Jersey, recorded, during yet another financial crisis, in a manner that suggests it was cut at the height of the Great Depression.

But just as Christians saw darkness harbored in the Garden of Eden, so did the imperial occupation of Hawai'i usher in an era of ecological and cultural devastation.

Witnesses described scenes of devastation.

Unhappily, it brought the seeds of devastation.

It was a campaign of devastation.

The flat was a scene of devastation.

Mr. Khan described a scene of devastation.

They stood in a scene of devastation.