How to Use calamitous in a Sentence

calamitous

adjective
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  • An eleventh-hour executive order doesn’t fix the calamitous harm done to thousands of children and their parents.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 June 2018
  • The effect is pleasantly unsettling but not calamitous.
    — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • In the nine decades since, the business has witnessed a calamitous world war, a radical change in the way men dress, and a once-in-a-century pandemic.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
  • David Cameron did a reverse-Peel, calling a calamitous referendum in order to settle a civil war within his party.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • 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
  • That's far from calamitous, although the trend is moving in the wrong direction for him.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • That would let the courts ponder it without the threat that an adverse ruling would prove calamitous.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • The calamitous series of events have sparked protest after protest against the government.
    — Matt Rivers, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Everyone does, as if the tales of the town’s resilience in the face of its calamitous history could tether the place and keep Hope alive.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
  • At the upper levels, the disruption to the school schedule could prove calamitous.
    — Anna Fifield, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The dividing point between the two chapters is a calamitous event.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Those things don't happen here anymore but a loss 4-0 is flirting with the same kind of calamitous results.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Eroding the public’s confidence in state and federal authorities can prove as dangerous as high winds in a calamitous situation.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024

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