How to Use perfect storm in a Sentence

perfect storm

noun
  • And that is a perfect storm for the virus to spread and make people sick.
    Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • All of which brings us to a perfect storm for Apple in 2024.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, the movie hit a perfect storm of difficult buzz.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 10 Nov. 2018
  • All of those things are the perfect storm for an Over result.
    Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Many of the fires burning across the state were caused by a perfect storm of heat and lightning.
    Rebecca Plevin, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
  • And then the first three days of March were a perfect storm for Joe Biden and may have reversed all of that.
    Molly Ball, Time, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The first game between the teams might have been a perfect storm for Colorado.
    oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Disney+: The first day The Disney+ launch on Nov. 12 was the perfect storm in our house – literally.
    Jenny Cohen, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Current events have led to the perfect storm for a frothy market.
    Csaba Konkoly, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Many wouldn’t hesitate to call it the perfect storm, in fact.
    World Economic Forum, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But rather than a perfect storm, those things may amount to no more than a passing rain.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The Ravens have a good blend of personnel in their front seven and this could be the perfect storm.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • It’s the perfect storm for a comfortable U-M win, if not a late-night blowout.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Adele picks up on all that and creates this perfect storm in which Louise cannot not come to help her.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week ‘A perfect storm’ for Delta, Omicron, but perhaps some hope?
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Then a perfect storm of troubles arrived about a decade ago.
    Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • What’s fairly clear is that Monday night was the result of a perfect storm.
    Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • For Quibi, the speed of its fall suggests a near-perfect storm of factors, some perhaps unique.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The year 2020 will be remembered as a perfect storm of traumas.
    Daryl Austin, History & Culture, 2 Dec. 2020
  • In 1947, when Allport and Postman were studying the word-of-mouth spread of rumors about the war, this would have been a perfect storm.
    Matt Vella, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2020
  • In this pandemic, nursing homes are the perfect storm for the spread of the coronavirus.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The Reds are free-falling into a perfect storm of awful-ness.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Losing in the Big House last year in a perfect storm of snow and flu and Aidan Hutchinson’s game-wrecking pass rush was one thing.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The pandemic saw a perfect storm hit markets like Austin and Phoenix.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • It’s this sort of perfect storm that makes a lot of people worry about resurgence.
    The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The roots of the modern protests began years and years ago, but it's welled up in this unique year, 2020, creating a perfect storm.
    Hayes Gardner, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2020
  • This perfect storm has led to the increase of food insecurity and a strain on the food banks.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • All of that can add up to a workforce in crisis—and a perfect storm for business leaders.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Here’s a rundown of the season-defining disasters that have yielded a perfect storm of ideal bee-nado conditions.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Fire’s perfect storm Wildfires rely on three key elements to spread: conducive weather, dry fuel and an ignition source.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024

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