calamity

Example Sentences

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It was a prelude to the chaos and calamity that was to come this season.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Then, just after the calamity of World War II, in a remote corner of eastern France, he moved Modernism’s goal posts with a single, eccentric, transcendent project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Arundell's calamity came just before the end of a pulsating half when he took Steyn out in the air.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

I felt a kind of kicking in my face and I discovered it was my mouth, which was saying the time of calamity thing, but at the top of my lungs.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson