Outside the washing-chest, surrounded by people who seemed to possess a devastatingly clear sense of purpose, I buried myself in fairy-tales.

I knew I had to get to the watch-when's kennel.... 7 knew.... Lessa clutched at Ramoth's neck for support as past acts and mysteries became devastatingly clear.

On that day, its inherent material fragilities were made devastatingly clear.

At Southampton he made his own position devastatingly clear to the waiting journalists.

Mr. Coltrane makes devastatingly clear why his Fitz portrayal has for two years in a row walked off with the best-actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Conservatives are devastatingly clear, consistent, and logical, while liberals are whirling dervishes of inconsistent positions.

I knew ... Lessa clutched at Ramoth's neck for support as past acts and mysteries became devastatingly clear.

But as the film makes devastatingly clear, dreams, in and of themselves, are no substitute for food, clothing and shelter.

It's one of those moments that suddenly make everything devastatingly clear: fixing her daughter's teeth "was part of her pursuit of prettiness and her dream of a different life."