Sentence examples for memories of devastating from inspiring English sources

Japan has long resisted American calls to increase its military role in the region because of the constraints of its pacifist postwar Constitution and the bitter memories of devastating defeat in World War II.

The memory of devastating defeats for liberal candidates haunts the Democratic party's leadership and strongly inclines them to side with Clinton, a candidate widely viewed as a moderate like her husband.

Still, the blast stirred dark memories of a devastating August 2009 truck bombing against the Foreign Ministry and Finance Ministry that killed scores of people.

BANGKOK -- Two powerful earthquakes struck about two hours apart off the coast of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon, spreading panic among residents of the Indonesian island and reviving memories of the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the same area.

The earthquake has revived painful memories of the devastating Bam quake in 2003.

The outpouring of devastating memories and heightened emotion can give the viewer a queasy feeling that truth and fiction are joining too seamlessly.

For those living in emerging Asia, the memory of the devastating regional financial meltdown of 1997-98 istillll fresh, and now they see smug Europeans struck down by their own debt crisis.

"It was kind of devastating.

He remained a master of devastating repartee.

And it was sort of devastating.

"I felt kind of devastated.