Sentence examples for material devastation from inspiring English sources

Over the years, the material devastation wrought by bombers has been stupendous, and the civilian death toll beyond calculation.

In particular, Sebald finds himself drawn back repeatedly to the human and material devastation of World War II.

Vast material devastation and social and psychological dislocation have occurred whose effects are far from over; they still arise daily in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria, among other places.

"The true state of the material and moral devastation in which the whole country found itself could not be described because of a conspiracy of silence that applied equally to all".

Gran Fury subsequently tailored its output to include campaigns like "Women Don't Get AIDS" from 1991 (the punch line: "they only die from it") and materials addressing the devastation of AIDS among minorities.

Amos Kitunga, 17 Reforestation through Fruit Tree Gardening, Machakos, Kenya: Although the landscape around Machakos, Kenya was once dotted by fruit trees most of the forests have been harvested for fuel and building materials, causing environment devastation and contributing to high rates of regional vitamin deficiencies.

Reforestation through Fruit Tree Gardening, Machakos, Kenya: Although the landscape around Machakos, Kenya was once dotted by fruit trees most of the forests have been harvested for fuel and building materials, causing environment devastation and contributing to high rates of regional vitamin deficiencies.

His most enduring legacy was to lead the Palestinians out of the material, political and moral devastation of the 1948 Nakba – the catastrophe which saw more than 700,000 Palestinians lose their homes in what became Israel – as a people and a cause.

Despite the socially charged bent of Zhao's material, he chose to take on environmental devastation through visual expression alone.

Because Britain had not yet completely recovered from the devastation of the war, Elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, which was designed by Norman Hartnell.

But too often the heaviest toll of conflict is the devastation of people's minds and spirits; in the quest for ensuring material survival, it is this latter devastation that development organizations often overlook.