devastating
Example Sentences
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The most quietly devastating food scene in the show doesn’t happen in a bedroom.
From Salon
Minutes after the devastating performance, Malinin admitted to feeling overwhelmed by the intense pressure of the Olympics.
"You are very much in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope that you will now be able to rest and recover from this devastating ordeal."
From BBC
In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.
U.S. skier Jackie Miles was preparing for the 2018 Olympics in South Korea when she crashed in Garmisch, Germany, and suffered a devastating knee injury that scuttled her trip to the Games.
From Los Angeles Times
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