Sentence examples for somewhat devastating from inspiring English sources

"To have a letdown is somewhat devastating".

Mr. Brogdon remembered that as a somewhat devastating experience.

And I developed a lot more compassion for all the characters, and saw how it didn't just have to be a funny play about semi-horrible people, but could actually be somewhat devastating and bittersweet, and that Warren, Dennis, and Jessica are all kind of heroes in their own way.

It's pretty devastating".

The smaller, lighter tablet had been rumored for years, yet its arrival was somewhat overshadowed by Hurricane Sandy devastating the North East.

Mr. Pollack reviews all the options, from doing essentially nothing to a military effort relying on anti-Hussein Iraqi resistance forces supported by devastating air strikes, somewhat like what was done with the Northern Alliance and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The gaudy shock value might be somewhat diminished but its impact remains equally devastating.

Giles Clarke warned, somewhat melodramatically, that the upshot would be "absolutely devastating" for English cricket, leading to a "decade of decay" and a "return to extreme poverty".

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When she was diagnosed with MS in 2007, she was "devastated" and "somewhat embarrassed".

As such, adopting a uniform 'hands-off' approach to epidemics devastating wildlife populations to allow 'nature to take its course' could be somewhat disingenuous.