disastrous
Example Sentences
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But Chip’s need for connection and reflexive sense of entitlement proves disastrous — the story isn’t going the way he wanted, and Groff allows it to collapse on him.
From Los Angeles Times
England went from bad to disastrous, France didn't fire on all cylinders but had enough to maintain their Grand Slam challenge, Scotland dug deep for a big win and Ireland were just tremendous.
From BBC
She was down in 13th following a disastrous short program which left her in tears after she missed her triple loop, meaning it was scored zero as an invalid element.
From BBC
With gold on the line, the 21-year-old had such a disastrous skate that he tumbled far down off the podium and later attributed his collapse to feeling overwhelmed by the environment.
Eight years on from the disappointment of Pyeongchang and four years since her disastrous Beijing, the 30-year-old American exploded out of her Olympic slump with a slalom performance for the ages.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
