Sentence examples for in a debacle from inspiring English sources

But Mr Bush's barging into Iraq without adequate forethought has resulted in a debacle.

Gurdial Singh Nijar, head of the Malaysian delegation in Bonn, wrote in Malaysia's Sun Daily newspaper "The recent negotiations in Bonn resulted in a debacle.

Smith's three-touchdown, zero-turnover performance against the Falcons came a week after he committed four turnovers, leading to 28 points, in a debacle of a loss at Tennessee, which came a week after an encouraging display against Buffalo.

He dispatched his running mate, George H.W. Bush, to China to burnish the ticket's foreign policy credentials even as he expressed support for Taiwan, resulting in a debacle reminiscent of Mr. Romney's overseas travels this summer.

Eighteen days later, Mr. Eagleton was forced to resign from the ticket in a debacle that culminated with Mr. McGovern's enduring one of the worst defeats in presidential history.

After training in the Rockies, making the cover of Life magazine and being the subject of a movie before ever entering battle, the division participated in a debacle in the Aleutians.

The scene had the makings of a Dukakis-in-a-tank debacle: Newsom in a soft blue suit over an open-collar white dress shirt, exposing a smooth, reddish chest, his loafers vibrating on the machine.

Over and over, Senator John Kerry asserted that Mr. Bush had led the country into a debacle in Iraq and it was time for a "fresh start, new credibility" in foreign affairs.

One taxi driver called the drop-off and check-in arrangements a "debacle".

At the same time, there was a severe contraction of liquidity in credit markets worldwide, caused in part by a debacle related to subprime mortgages.

Atlanta in 1996 was a debacle.