Sentence examples for rendering useless from inspiring English sources

The Mass was said in English (rendering useless my carefully learned Latin prayers).

But resistance was always one step behind, rendering useless the miracle drugs that once stopped bacteria in their tracks.

The Mississippi threatened to divert permanently into this secondary channel, inundating the lower Atchafalaya, bypassing New Orleans, and rendering useless millions of dollars of flood-control works and docks.

Officials with the Hague-based OPCW confirmed that government workers armed with grinders and blow torches had begun the work on Sunday of rendering useless missiles and warheads meant for the delivery of chemical agents.

Last year, for the first time, the beach on the lake that abuts the village was not covered by water in the rainy season, rendering useless the tribe's method of catching turtles by putting food in holes that would fill up, luring the animals.

Its diplomats, academics and ministries led the loss and damage debate at Doha, presenting the results of a series of in-depth studies from across the developing world that showed how events were rendering useless attempts by communities to cope with extreme weather.

"At first, I was kind of rendered useless by shock.

Rendered useless by DVDs, they've found a new purpose.

"I've lost all my money, and my education is rendered useless," Ms. Khan said.

"Entire objects are rendered useless because a stupid piece of plastic broke," he said.

Such resistance would render useless one of the most environmentally benign insecticides in use today.