How to Use seismic in a Sentence

seismic

adjective

• Seismic social changes have occurred.
• And so now, down by 12, with all that was at stake, the Hoosiers were on the brink of a seismic collapse.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• But the outcome of such a seismic event in orbit is the same.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
• There have been two seismic shocks in the past few years — first the pandemic and now the strikes.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• And how will this seismic shift shape things back home?
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
• Scores more were injured in the worst seismic event in the North African country in decades.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• But if the company goes ahead with this plan, then the changes would be seismic.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• The fall-out was seismic for Schofield, who was dropped by his agency as well as ITV.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
• There’s little tweaks, but there are not the sort of seismic changes that need to occur.
  — Katie Palmer Reprints, STAT, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Hoosiers nearly picked up a seismic win on the road, but were instead sent home by Clark.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
• The impact caused a crater more than 150 feet deep and was strong enough to be measured as a seismic event, the FBI said.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
• The area sits along seismic fault lines within the Ring of Fire, where most of the planet’s quakes occur.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
• The East Coast is mostly made up of old, cold and dense rocks that are more conducive to seismic waves.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
• Now is the time for CPOs to harden their processes and gird their teams for the next seismic shift.
  — Richard Waugh, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• The fifth fair took place in 1967, a year of seismic cultural upheaval.
  — Gillian Bagwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• This may not be quite a seismic trade, one to instantly scare the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
• The outcomes of the trial were a seismic shock to vaccine science.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• Business owners and investors know just how seismic the shift was in 2022.
  — Chaitra Vedullapalli, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• The seismic events were followed by a string of aftershocks.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2022
• But in the unlikely event that Judge Mehta agreed to take the divestiture route, the result would be seismic.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
• And as a producer, Sanborn has the skill to sweep people away with seismic beats.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• Oscar slap seen around the world hasn’t addressed the seismic news in a big sit-down interview yet.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022
• Michael Jackson is one of those once-in-a-lifetime artists whose impact on the culture is seismic.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Family Man’s powerful bass ripples through the song with the force of a seismic tremor.
  — Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
• One of the aluminum panels popped out during the seismic tests, but the facades all remained attached to the building.
  — Todd Woody, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
• How does Bryson Barnes’ 70-yard touchdown pass to Money Parks equate to other seismic events?
  — Sven Karabegovic, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• The big picture: The broadcast resurgence is part of a seismic sports media shift that's taking the industry back to the 1980s.
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
  — Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
• The first: Beatles fans — some famous, some not — speaking to the band’s seismic impact.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
• The town of Grindavík, home to 3,800 residents, lies at the epicenter of this seismic activity.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024