How to Use debacle in a Sentence

debacle

noun

• After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.
• Have the Maryland diocese and the church learned the right lessons from the Heather Cook debacle?
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Minus the London debacle, the Ravens have played well on the road.
  — The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Forbes walked into the locker room to find the box score from the night's debacle in the chair in front of his stall.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2018
• And no way should Texas consumers have to foot the bill for this debacle.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The past three seasons have been a debacle for the Brooklyn Nets.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
• And the fact that Zhang was in-charge during the debacle marked a black spot on his tenure, too.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 June 2023
• Amazon has had more than its fair share of debacles over the years.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 July 2023
• Has the Bears debacle humbled him, or will his ego still need to be fed?
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Nevada had planned to use the app, but after the debacle.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2020
• This one may have been more of a debacle — and maybe more costly.
  — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
• The Monday night opener against the Jets was a debacle.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2019
• Cavs must find a way to make lemonade out of lemons with this debacle.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• Save for the Christmas night debacle against the Ravens, Purdy has been elite.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
• There is plenty of blame to go around for this debacle.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2021
• With no one left to bid but Jio, too young to be ensnared in the tax debacle, the pickings may be slim.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
• All-Star Game and to put the post-election debacle behind us.
  — Geoff Duncan, National Review, 13 Apr. 2021
• Though the past day’s debacle is far from ideal, there is some good that can come from this.
  — Charles Stewart Iii, Wired, 4 Feb. 2020
• For her part, Sears must have thrown up her hands in disgust when news of the debacle at Tarawa reached her.
  — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
• Can Mater Dei move on from last season’s off-the-field debacle?
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
• The two sides are still bruised by the missile-defence debacle.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• Elk Grove was twice sued for the Oak Rose Apartment debacle.
  — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
• His debacle Sunday forced the Reds to make a roster move.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 7 May 2018
• The investment turned out to be a debacle, as Gabriel warned.
  — Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• Pick your side and guess which Crown episode this debacle will appear in.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 May 2021
• But this one feels even worse than that debacle because the Texans know this was a winnable game.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 11 Oct. 2021
• The Rolling Stones tour was a debacle of course everyone knows that.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Wilson, who calls the offensive plays, took much of the blame for debacle this week.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• Yates suffered two losses, the first of which was a six-run debacle in one-third of an inning to start the road trip.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• Which brings us to baseball’s present debacle and how the game digs itself out.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 June 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024