cataclysmal

Example Sentences

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Lyall in England had shown that geological formations were evolutionary rather than cataclysmal.

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Fortunately, the approaching explosion, which would have been of a cataclysmal nature,—Stiffy was not a boy to do things by halves,—was averted by a change of demeanour on the part of the temptress.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

Somehow I could not bring myself to think of my relation to him as involving cataclysmal changes.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

This cataclysmal desire drew me by day and by night.

From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath

Miss Quincey was quite shaken by this cataclysmal outbreak, this overturning and shattering of the old beacons and landmarks.

From Superseded by Sinclair, May