Sentence examples for picture of devastation from inspiring English sources

Hammond takes issue with "the picture of devastation so often painted by [drone] activists".

The capital remained a picture of devastation on the third day after Pam, even as running water and electricity returned to some districts.

Turning in every direction yields a picture of devastation.

CRL's report, "Lost Ground, 2011," paints a picture of devastation that has disproportionately affected America's Asian American, Latino and African American communities.

In his congressional testimony, Stockman, the President's budget director, conceded that many social programs have been pared--but insisted that the effect was to "improve the targeting" of federal aid and that "these reforms do not reflect the picture of devastation critics have charged".

From the charred Mercedes at the town entrance onwards, the town is a picture of devastation.

Finney put a stack of documents on Brussel's desk: photographs of unexploded bombs, pictures of devastation, photostats of F.P.'s neatly lettered missives.

But while Mountain High is welcoming skiers, the rest of California's tourism industry is still struggling with the impact of the fires -- and, even more, with the impact of the widely broadcast pictures of devastation that may have some travelers staying away.

It was difficult to gauge the extent of Pam's devastation even after the storm subsided, with communication failures making it difficult for authorities to have a true picture of the devastation.

An American P-3 aircraft went into operation in Thailand, conducting reconnaissance missions to get a more accurate picture of the devastation, a United States Embassy spokesman said.

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 15 (AP) — North Korea detailed a picture of widespread devastation on Wednesday after heavy rains wiped out more than a tenth of its farmland during peak planting season, according to the official news media.