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.
• Amazon has had more than its fair share of debacles over the years.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 July 2023
• Cavs must find a way to make lemonade out of lemons with this debacle.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• This one may have been more of a debacle — and maybe more costly.
  — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
• 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
• And no way should Texas consumers have to foot the bill for this debacle.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Has the Bears debacle humbled him, or will his ego still need to be fed?
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Pick your side and guess which Crown episode this debacle will appear in.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 May 2021
• Since then, a number of people have been blamed for the debacle.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• Kirt ran a clean shop that avoided the sub-prime mortgage debacle.
  — Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
• Which brings us to baseball’s present debacle and how the game digs itself out.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 June 2020
• The two sides are still bruised by the missile-defence debacle.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• What a debacle for Jones on that sequence.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
• Well, okay, thank you for coming again after that debacle.
  — Jack Irvin, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• But the debacle illustrates what artists are up against.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
• This debacle is what happens when good people stay home from the polls on election days.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
• 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
• The debacle brought tons of commentary to the app, and to the debate.
  — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
• Wilson, who calls the offensive plays, took much of the blame for debacle this week.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• Can Mater Dei move on from last season’s off-the-field debacle?
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
• The investment turned out to be a debacle, as Gabriel warned.
  — Forbes, 26 Oct. 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 debacle comes just as the airline's sale has been finalized.
  — Fox News, 17 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Several similar debacles have plagued the team over the last six years, but this one may just take the cake.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• Contrast that to the start of the 1990s debacle.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
• The past three seasons have been a debacle for the Brooklyn Nets.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
• And the sweet potato/yam debacle is no exception.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025