calamitous

Example Sentences

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But England lost their last nine wickets for 99 runs, including a calamitous spell of 3-0 when all of Ollie Pope, Harry Brook and Joe Root were dismissed driving at the ball.

From BBC

Instead, the game was tossed away calamitously and feebly.

From BBC

Hypocrisy in a primary debate is nothing new, but its flagrancy has reached a calamitous level.

From Los Angeles Times

Tokyo has proceeded cautiously in the 12 years since three reactors at the Fukushima plant, north of Tokyo on Japan’s east coast, suffered meltdown following a calamitous earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

From Washington Times

In the opening chapter of “The Ministry for the Future,” science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town.

From Los Angeles Times