calamity
Example Sentences
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It was the beginning of an utter calamity out of touch for Ewan Ashman, in particular, and his successor, George Turner.
From BBC
As Mr. Coyle relates, one key to the miners’ survival and sanity seems to have been that, when the calamity engulfed them, no one took charge.
In the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge until these calamities shall be overcome.
From Literature
“We need a greater collective sense of these ongoing calamities as the new normal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
But the 2001-02 crash proved GMO magnificently right, and people and money reversed course back to the formerly shunned Boston calamity howlers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
