Sentence examples for led to destructive from inspiring English sources

His mental illness led to destructive behavior, like picking fights and using drugs.

He came to criticize nationalism for a twofold reason: in Europe it had led to destructive racism and imperialism, and in India it was not founded on an adequate degree of common purpose.

Farther inland, prolonged heavy rain caused numerous rivers to overflow, which in turn led to destructive freshwater flooding.

To take this a step further, I've observed that as I placed consistent attention on many judgments, daily over several years, my brain became much more likely to call upon those neuronal connections of judgment, which was perpetuating the experience that the 'world is against me.' That fear-based thinking led to destructive and draining behavior that needed to shift.

For example, the appearance of PST races that overcome widely deployed R genes (such as Yr2, Yr9, Yr17 and Yr27) has led to destructive pandemics [ 3].

But while dull times may sometimes spark creative responses, so often they lead to destructive behaviour instead.

Punish China rumblings are back on Capitol Hill, but any move to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods could lead to destructive tit-for-tat retaliation.

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said staff members had counseled 749 people in the last week of May and the first week of June to "mitigate" symptoms that could lead to destructive behavior.

After all, university administrations live in dread of a professor being accused of sexually harassing a student; and the act of money changing hands can lead to destructive ill will as easily as sex can.

Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and the author of "Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop," said, "They've bought the myth that sagging pants represents an offensive lifestyle which leads to destructive behavior".

Ms. Forrest, 53, based in Orcas Island, Wash., devised her rigorous style with no less a goal than curing the ails of the modern world, including computer roadkill bodies (lower back tightness, shoulder pains and neck aches) and spiritual malaises that lead to destructive behaviors like addictions.