Example Sentences

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At its London premiere before coronavirus closed the theatres, The Standard newspaper described it as a "late masterwork... wise, witty and devastatingly sad".

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

As drone technology has advanced over nearly four years of war, territorial progress has become glacial and devastatingly costly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

While they can be devastatingly accurate, the large volume being fired by Russia - with multiple waves of drones in each attack on cities across the country - means some inevitably malfunction.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Nowhere is the tragedy of the commons more literally and devastatingly visible than in mountaintop removal coal mining.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

I was so devastatingly homesick during my first two weeks that I set about devising a stunt for getting myself sent back home, even if it were only a few days.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl