How to Use calamitous in a Sentence

calamitous

adjective

• There are more than a few reasons why a calamitous night for the Frogs is unlikely.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 16 Oct. 2017
• This has never happened, and could be calamitous in a time of Trumpism.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• All places focusing on the future to overcome a calamitous present.
  — Carmen K. Sisson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2017
• The end result has been calamitous for the company’s bottom line.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
• The cathedral shared space with a working salt mine, with predictably calamitous results.
  — Rich Morin, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• That proved to be just one of the team’s two wins all season though in a calamitous 2016 campaign.
  — Wells Dusenbury, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• What can be done to upfront prevent this calamitous situation?
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Tomlin is only too eager to move forward after a calamitous fourth quarter against the Patriots.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
• In voice messages sent late Thursday, Abu Safiya described calamitous conditions.
  — Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• Though Mill Valley has not experienced a calamitous fire since the 1920s, the odds of its occurrence will steadily rise.
  — Paul Thornton, latimes.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• All the while, Cameron plants calamitous forebodings — the inadequacies of the life rafts, equipment shortages and the vanity of the ship's creators and captain.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017
• Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, who headed the standings earlier in the season, endured a calamitous outing last weekend in Australia.
  — Jonathan Hawkins, CNN, 27 Oct. 2017
• The Eras Tour is the most calamitous movie event since Barbie.
  — Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
• The calamitous state of the garage had long been a source of concern among owners.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 July 2021
• The names bring a shudder in our decade of calamitous wildfires.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Since the economy’s calamitous plunge in the spring of 2020, the state has been clawing its way back in fits and starts.
  — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 13 Dec. 2021
• And then there was a run on the pound and a calamitous series of mortgage-rate rises.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• Many of the same factors that made the Carr Fire so calamitous are fueling the Camp Fire right now.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
• The calamitous tone on the topic has persisted for a while.
  — Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• That note, too, made it to the press, where it was picked up broadly as a calamitous sign for Beijing.
  — Rob Copeland, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
• But, as the pages of the calendar have turned to the warmer months of the year, the Sox refused to let the calamitous turn of events put a frost on Fenway.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
• But in the 26 months since that calamitous decision, the question of blame has widened in the minds of many Ukrainians.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 14 May 2024
• After the calamitous sucker-punch of the Great Depression, a guy didn’t want to be a sap.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
• This is what happens when the Hoosiers are 5-2 and the Cornhuskers have lost two of their past three games in calamitous fashion.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2019
• But Modi’s effort to prevent the spread of the virus will lead to its own calamitous damage.
  — Vindu Goel, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020
• This calamitous cascade is known as the Kessler Syndrome.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2020
• So where’s the El Niño that’s supposed to turn this into a wet, calamitous winter?
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• But a cold eye is required for her legacy, which has been calamitous.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
• Failing to send promised LNG cargo at the height of winter could prove calamitous.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• Painting is a way of providing a balm, to artist and viewer alike, in a calamitous era.
  — Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024