calamity

Example Sentences

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The world has regularly obliged by rushing to buy Treasury debt at a lower yield than before the calamity because of the risk-free securities’ haven status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

On Sunday, one club could go a long way to saving their season and edging the other towards the drop as crisis meets calamity.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Leading a mule train into the tunnels, Ondro faces a calamity that enters the history books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It was the beginning of an utter calamity out of touch for Ewan Ashman, in particular, and his successor, George Turner.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Just as during the insomnia plague, as Úrsula came to remember during those days, the calamity itself inspired defenses against boredom.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez