Sentence examples for failed to devastate from inspiring English sources

Happily, swine flu failed to devastate.

Slowed by heavy wagons carrying supplies and siege machinery, the Byzantines failed to prevent the Turks from devastating the countryside through which they marched.

He was devastated when he failed to make the Yale orchestra twice -- a result, he said, of studying the modern pieces he liked rather than the standard audition material.

The reward was his highest finish in a major – tied third in the 1985 Open Championship at Royal St George's, Sandwich – but he was devastated when Tony Jacklin failed to pick him for that year's Ryder Cup, especially as Europe won for the first time in 28 years.

Ketchum is devastated at having failed to protect his friends and takes his own life at Twisted River.

The government was warned three years ago that the rampant disease killing Denmark's ash trees was likely to spread to Britain and devastate UK woodland but failed to act, it has emerged.

"We are all devastated because the government failed to come to our rescue," he said.

These have demonstrably failed to protect the French people from two devastating terror attacks in less than 10 months.

If anything, the budget decisions have failed to stem the crisis and have been devastating for culture.

He argued that central banks failed to supply enough money and thus allowed devastating deflation to take hold.

Meanwhile, Preston boss Simon Grayson said he was "devastated" his side had failed to secure automatic promotion on Sunday.