perfect storm

noun

: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors

Examples of perfect storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Terminating grants that seek to study vaccine hesitancy itself creates a perfect storm for vaccine hesitancy to rise, public trust to erode and misinformation to go unchecked. —Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

This is quite a loaded perfect storm, but through compelling stories and scalable alternatives like biodegradable materials, aluminum, glass and refill systems, the private sector can lead the way on getting us there. —Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025

The tight egg supply caused by avian influenza, coupled with 23 consecutive months of high sales volume, has created a perfect storm in egg markets. —Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025

The coffee giant’s troubles stem from a perfect storm of challenges: leadership instability, rising costs amid persistent inflation, changing consumer preferences, and operational inefficiencies eroding its once-reliable margins. —Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for perfect storm

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• multiforme
• outperform
• piriform