day of doom

Example Sentences

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The orchestra sounds wonderfully clear and portentous, as though this were the last music to be played on the day of doom.

From Time Magazine Archive

He planned with his family to be at the top of a high hill at the appointed hour on the day of doom.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had the responsibility more than all the other gods together of postponing as long as possible the day of doom, Ragnarok, when heaven and earth would be destroyed.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Alas! what is this drink in which the human race is soaked and which holds it thus in dizzy ignorance of all things, even to the day of doom?

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar