Sentence examples for physically devastating from inspiring English sources

An unexpected, unwanted pregnancy can be mentally, emotionally and physically devastating for a woman.

Even a few days in an I.C.U. can be physically devastating immediately afterward, said Dr. Naeem Ali of Ohio State University.

As Nancy Pace, a 33-year-old mother-to-be in her 10th week of bed rest in Philadelphia, said, "Who cares, really, what happens to my body, if my baby is born healthy and full-term?" But there's growing evidence that the complete immobility of bed rest is more physically devastating to an expectant mom than she or her obstetrician may expect.

"Our Shaken Faith in Football: Should Christian fans step away from such a physically devastating, violent sport?" Christianity Today, September 5, 2013, Views/Speaking Out.

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a physically devastating, genetically inherited disorder characterized by abnormal brain function that results in the progressive loss of the ability to coordinate movements.

The writer describes the physically devastating transplantation process which Courtney endured at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle.

"We were emotionally and physically devastated".

The economy, even in a slow recovery, did not physically devastate cities the way Katrina did.

The escalating exodus, department officials acknowledge, presents perhaps the greatest continuing challenge to a department emotionally and physically devastated by the terror attacks.

The only conceivable scenarios for the conflict's outcome are dismally bleak.A victory for the regime of Bashar Assad would perpetuate a cruel dictatorship in a physically devastated, psychologically traumatised and politically isolated land.

Turley, a nine-year veteran, has risked the ire of the N.F.L. players union to raise the awareness for retired N.F.L. players who have been financially and physically devastated by the injuries they sustained while playing football.