calamity

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Mr. Bird carried the weight of a calamity you never get over, and a lot of other weight, too, emerging as one of the most consequential figures in the history of American sport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 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

"For me, this is the first time I have experienced a calamity of this magnitude. Elders say a similar disaster took place in the 1990s," 24-year-old mechanic Tomaz Antonio Mlau says.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

We would probably have gone on and discussed the war and agreed that it was in reality a calamity for civilization, and perhaps would have been better avoided.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway