Sentence examples for initial devastation from inspiring English sources

War planning would include figuring out how to keep people alive beyond the initial devastation.

Now that my initial devastation has diminished, I believe I should do something to make the company acknowledge its error.

"I think the initial devastation of being told he's not going to play cricket again has been tempered by how grateful he is to be alive.

After the initial devastation, this liberated him to write exactly the story he had in mind: "I got up every morning at half seven and I just wrote.

There were 90 homes in the spillway, but under the cover of darkness it was impossible to gauge the initial devastation.

You've staggered through the initial devastation, you feel that the sands are perhaps undulating rather than shifting, and then it comes and snatches enjoyment from you when you are least expecting it: a song, a joke they would have retold, a mannerism like theirs.

After the initial shock and devastation I felt isolated, defeated and angry.

Asked if they were just trying to make the best out of a bad situation, the three officials each said their initial feelings of devastation had evolved as the replanting project got underway.

UNICEF's initial reaction to the devastation caused by the tsunami was simply to keep the survivors alive.

Initial indications are that the devastation to rural communities is far more significant than even in the capital city, Port Vila, which is itself very badly damaged.

My initial feeling was of shock and devastation.