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
• There is plenty of blame to go around for this debacle.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2021
• Cavs must find a way to make lemonade out of lemons with this debacle.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• 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
• And no way should Texas consumers have to foot the bill for this debacle.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• 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 two sides are still bruised by the missile-defence debacle.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• Has the Bears debacle humbled him, or will his ego still need to be fed?
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Which brings us to baseball’s present debacle and how the game digs itself out.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 June 2020
• The past three seasons have been a debacle for the Brooklyn Nets.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
• The debacle comes just as the airline's sale has been finalized.
  — Fox News, 17 Apr. 2018
• Pick your side and guess which Crown episode this debacle will appear in.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 May 2021
• Kirt ran a clean shop that avoided the sub-prime mortgage debacle.
  — Star Tribune, 31 July 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
• Who bears the blame for the current debacle is difficult to predict.
  — Zeke Miller, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
• Minus the London debacle, the Ravens have played well on the road.
  — The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• The Monday night opener against the Jets was a debacle.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2019
• 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
• 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
• Wilson, who calls the offensive plays, took much of the blame for debacle this week.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• His debacle Sunday forced the Reds to make a roster move.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 7 May 2018
• That won't get any better with debacles like this one on the omnibus spending bill.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
• After that debacle, the polling industry vowed not to get fooled again.
  — Wired, 16 July 2022
• Democrats need to keep around a punching bag as the government student loan debacle grows.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• And it’s not the state’s first high-profile software debacle.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
• 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
• The Rolling Stones tour was a debacle of course everyone knows that.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 2 June 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024