Sentence examples for staggering floods from inspiring English sources

He showed total control of Britten's vast structure: the balancing of full orchestra against chamber ensemble; the tricky liederlike entrances of the vocal soloists (Sabina Cvilak, Ian Bostridge, and Simon Keenlyside); the staggering floods of sound in the Dies Irae and Libera Me.

Yet even these forward thinking laws failed to anticipate the complex schemes flooding staggering sums of money into American politics from corporations and the wealthy.

There were multiple contributing factors: the stingy Federal Reserve; the "disastrous" Smoot-Hawley tariff, which discouraged foreign trade; higher taxes imposed on a staggering citizenry; freaks of weather like floods and the drought-induced Dust Bowl.

Pardew could never get past that record with sections of Newcastle's support, so when yesterday's goal flood took hold, in 14 staggering minutes at the start of the second half, Pardew's smile grew ever wider.

In addition to the staggering job of cleaning up after the flood, there was also the burden of mourning, as details of the deaths the city sustained over the weekend emerged.

"Rainfall totals were staggering," NOAA reported in an assessment of the floods.

Over the past 11 years, a staggering €60m has been spent on an elaborate flood-defence system, which makes some sections of Hitzacker's river banks look like a medieval fortress.

In a week of staggering volatility, stocks declined by 2% while money flooded into the downgraded U.S. Treasury market, reducing yields on the 10-year by 0.30%.

"The numbers surrounding the AIDS epidemic are staggering; more human life has been lost to AIDS than all the wars, famines, floods and deadly diseases on the African continent combined".

The storm and the flooding that came with it here uprooted families, leaving them in staggering states of stress and uncertainty.

But just a day after images of the country's immense state power flooded Chinese social media, they were filled with news of a staggering plummet on the country's stock exchanges.