Sentence examples for if devastating from inspiring English sources

It was, from all reports, a dazzling, if devastating, display of ingenuity.

The candidate who was scolded for negative campaigning by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo in 1988 has learned the subtle form of the acceptable if devastating political attack ("He's negative on the substance," Mr. Cuomo said approvingly the other day).

Officials we spoke to attributed the recent layoffs to a decade of faltering funding; sequestration, they indicated, is just the latest (if devastating) blow.

He says he wanted someone local who could frequently give blood samples, and he also needed to make sure the person would not turn on his research group if devastating information surfaced.

Diamond sees Easter Island as a microcosmic example of the Earth's future if devastating resource depletion continues.

Moreover, the dissociation process is a clear stress, if not devastating to the cells, particularly neurons, which could change the transcription program quite dramatically.

Not surprisingly then, the consequences to a startup for mischaracterizing an employee as an independent contractor, including minimum wage, overtime and payroll tax violations, can be significant if not devastating.

And imagine if you killed off most of the members of your family -- and expected the animals to go on as if nothing devastating had happened".

One participant said, "I think it fulfills our ethical responsibility to look for a disease that is ultimately treatable and treatable well if you find it early and devastating if it is missed".

Even occasional hypoglycemia may be devastating, if severe, or merely irritating, if mild (81).

The consequences could be devastating if the Swiss do not step carefully, others warned.