devastated

Example Sentences

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she was "devastated" by the allegations against Chavez and her memory of him was now "painful".

From BBC

While I’m devastated to lose Gran, I know that if she can’t see the truth about who he is and who I am, then, sad to say, it’s her loss.

From Literature

“Aquaman” star Jason Momoa has revealed he was forced to evacuate his family’s Hawaii home after a dangerous storm devastated the area with historic flooding.

From MarketWatch

But history is the unseen guest at every table; the country remains haunted by the memory of the hyperinflation that devastated the economy in the 1920s and helped propel the Nazis to power.

From BBC

Back at Cygnus school, Karel says he would be "a little devastated" if a social media ban was enforced.

From BBC