Sentence examples for were being devastated from inspiring English sources

Now for the first time cities were being devastated and many civilians killed.

This week Qiu Baixing, a deputy minister of construction, said historical architecture and cultural sites were being "devastated" by rapid urban construction.

With some doctors prescribing the drug liberally and purveyors hawking it on the street, families were being devastated and nonmedical users of OxyContin swamped drug treatment programs.

But a group of West Virginia residents and environmentalists successfully sued by complaining that communities in the mountain hollows were being devastated by the blockage of waterways.

He added that local shops in Calais and the regional economy were being "devastated" and that there "had to be a solution".

The bank said that developing countries, many of which had been growing rapidly in recent years, were being devastated by plunging exports, falling commodity prices, declining foreign investment and vanishing credit.

"The Eritreans, who are being devastated by the war, need to lie to boost their morale".

Michelle Lerner Flanders, N.J., Dec. 11, 2007 • To the Editor: The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is being devastated by a brain drain.

Palmer said: "Our lives are being devastated by the billion pound cuts to essential services that we all depend on.

"Beech trees are presently being attacked by beech bark disease complex, the hemlocks are being devastated by the woolley adelgid," he said.

We're aware that as we sit here surveying the horizon, the east coast of the US is being devastated by Hurricane Sandy.