often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Stanford Research Park, however, has defied the doomsday trends.
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 25 Apr. 2025
Her doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in the state.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 25 Apr. 2025
Her doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in the state.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doomsday
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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