Sentence examples for it was a watershed event from inspiring English sources

It was shocking at the time, but it was a watershed event".

"It was a watershed event because it made us realize that there were a lot of opportunities at home.

The 2009 uprising may be a faded memory in Washington, but it was a watershed event for the guardians of the theocracy.

Nov. 6, 2012, was not the triumph of data over pundits; it was a watershed event in the evolution of our predictions.

It was a watershed event because thousands of militants escaped into the hills leading to a rapid expansion and strengthening of the anti-state Pakistani Taliban.

It was a watershed event for Matsumoto.

"Being able to return here -- it's a watershed event".

Actor @DanielDaeKim says it was important for him to be here in support of @CrazyRichMovie because "it's a watershed event for all of us" pic.twitter.com/yQ4CikFpyI.

"When your employer changes plan sponsors, it's a watershed event that should give you pause to reassess your entire investment strategy," says Burton J. Greenwald of B.J. Greenwald Associates, a Philadelphia industry consulting firm.

"It's a watershed event in corporate America," said analyst Jay Cohen of Salomon Bros. Inc. ITT's breakup is further evidence that the gigantic conglomerate--so fashionable in U.S. business during the 1960s and '70s--is largely a dinosaur today.

"It is apparent that the Sandy Hook tragedy was a watershed event that has raised the national debate on gun control to an unprecedented level," Cerberus said in a statement.