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 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
• 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
• Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
  — Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
• This kind of seismic unrest has happened multiple times over the past 50 years at the Campi Flegrei.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
• By the numbers recorded in the history books, the 2022 midterms are unlikely to look seismic.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2022
• And the ascension of Prince Charles to the British throne promises to have a seismic effect on the roles of other royals orbiting the crown.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• The Cincinnati coup wasn't a seismic break between a reasonable past and an extreme present.
  — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
• Just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
  — Patrick Lin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
• Iceland’s volcanologists, for example, have managed to decode the seismic rumblings of the peninsula’s underworld, and track the changing shape of the ground itself, to know precisely when and where the next eruption will begin.
  — Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024