The novel is a devastating portrait of the Jazz Age.

A spare stylist, Ms. Ellis could sketch a devastating portrait in a single phrase.

The final testimony from Isabelle Barney was framed in the language of her fatal injury, a devastating portrait of waste and loss.

As a personality study "Imelda" is a devastating portrait of how power begets self-delusion.

It's a devastating portrait of small-town America, which looks to the family to solve its problems.

Now, several recent books paint a devastating portrait of the Street and some of its most senior executives.

Your article is a devastating portrait of the toll mental illness takes on the life and work of an artist.

The 200-page report offers a devastating portrait of the company that insures 8.2 million people, mostly in New York.

Their combined testimony lasted only 90 minutes, but it painted a devastating portrait of the woman's suffering over time.

"1967" is a fascinating and devastating portrait of a society filled with self-doubt, then suddenly with power and messianic fervor.