How to Use disastrous in a Sentence

disastrous

adjective

• Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.
• The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry.
• His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences.
• The strike was economically disastrous.
• Ignoring your pain receptors and your instincts can be disastrous.
  — Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Oh decides to bring Christmas to his fellow Boovs (with disastrous results).
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2022
• Stroud had a few questionable plays, including a throw that may have been picked off by a better opponent and fumbling a snap that could’ve been disastrous.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Such a security issue at a major virtual event could be disastrous.
  — Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2022
• For one thing, history has shown us that giving science a large slug of cash in a very short amount of time has horrible—some might say disastrous—consequences.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2022
• The disastrous and far-reaching effects of climate change are becoming more apparent with each passing week, all across the country.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• But the outcomes can be disastrous for premature infants, newborns and those with compromised immune systems.
  — Laura Reiley and Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
• So to find British rapper and lyricist Slowthai look at all that was disastrous and depressed in England at the time of its release was oddly refreshing.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• It’s a classic science fiction trope: a time traveler journeys back in time and causes a change in history that has disastrous effects on the present or even threatens their very existence.
  — Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022
• The modern record of constitutional rewrites in Latin America is disastrous.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
• And the collapse of the cyberinsurance market would be disastrous for companies that can’t afford to recover from cyberattacks.
  — WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022
• And although the receptionist’s words still ring in my ears, what’s far more worrisome are the disastrous effects when those in power pathologize Black reproduction.
  — Ruha Benjamin, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2022
• The disastrous play gave the North team an early 2-0 lead and possession of the ball.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
• What lessons can be learned from the disastrous launch of The Messenger and what has played out there?
  — Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• Some of those first dates will be disastrous, as Tatis knows.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• Just a 25-yard field goal to erase the disastrous results that came before it.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• But here’s the thing: Even after a truly disastrous first three days, Andy is still in the game!
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
• What might seem like a tempting choice now will only turn out to be disastrous in the long run.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
• The real failure was the disastrous deal Trump made with the Taliban, who didn’t keep their end of the agreement.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• His four years in Brooklyn have been disastrous at best, with this latest episode of the soap opera making the rest of the league laugh.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
• That came just a few months after the disastrous collapse in Afghanistan.
  — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2024
• That was Hoke’s first lap holding the reins after the disastrous three-season run of Chuck Long.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• When renters are kicked out of their homes, the consequences can be disastrous.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• The wider cost of the strike could be disastrous for an economic sector that’s still woozy from the punch of the pandemic.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
• Oppenheimer reinstated its top-pick designation on Target in the wake of its disastrous earnings report last week , which sent shares tumbling.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
• Democratic infighting continues as the party struggles to regroup following a disastrous 2024 election cycle.
  — Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024