cataclysmal

Example Sentences

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This is a change for us from the silence, this cataclysmal music, and it contributes to our walk a different kind of sadness, another form of horror.

From War by Loti, Pierre

Something cataclysmal happens to the House of Commons, or the Hippodrome, or Tottenham Hotspur.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian

Miss Quincey was quite shaken by this cataclysmal outbreak, this overturning and shattering of the old beacons and landmarks.

From Superseded by Sinclair, May

This cataclysmal desire drew me by day and by night.

From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath

Fortunately, the approaching explosion, which would have been of a cataclysmal nature,—Stiffy was not a boy to do things by halves,—was averted by a change of demeanour on the part of the temptress.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian