CALAMITY in a Sentence
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41 example sentences for CALAMITY, such as:
1. This was a calamity too deep for tears.
2. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
3. The earthquake was the worst calamity in the country's history.
4. 'This is a dreadful calamity, Mr. Copperfield,' said he, as I entered.
5. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
2. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
3. The earthquake was the worst calamity in the country's history.
4. 'This is a dreadful calamity, Mr. Copperfield,' said he, as I entered.
5. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
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Meanings and Examples of CALAMITY
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calamity
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 There was only one thing in the world that was a certain bulwark against any calamity which fate could bring, and that was money.
2 This was a calamity too deep for tears.
3 The whole calamity, with the falling form of Macey, was plainly descried from the ship.
4 It was not for long, however; for a month or two later a dreadful calamity fell upon Marija.
5 That would be a greater calamity than ever now, Ona continued, on account of the baby.
6 From this unsatisfactory examination, however, he was soon called by a loud and piercing exclamation from Uncas, that sounded, even to the unpracticed ears of Duncan, as the signal of some new and unexpected calamity.
7 But, ere such a calamity could happen, the pursuers and pursued entered the Wyandot village, within striking distance of each other.
8 But the tie which, through their common calamity, had united the feelings of these simple dwellers in the woods with the strangers who had thus transiently visited them, was not so easily broken.
9 Were I to be again reduced to the chains of slavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of a religious master the greatest calamity that could befall me.
10 We were resolved to succeed or fail together, after the calamity had befallen us as much as before.
11 Indeed, he saw a picture of himself, dust-stained, haggard, panting, flying to the front at the proper moment to seize and throttle the dark, leering witch of calamity.
12 Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death.
13 In all seasons of calamity, indeed, whether general or of individuals, the outcast of society at once found her place.
14 And yet my thoughts were idle; not intent on the calamity that weighed upon my heart, but idly loitering near it.
15 'This is a dreadful calamity, Mr. Copperfield,' said he, as I entered.
Example Sentence:
1 He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
2 The report contains numerous portentous references to a future environmental calamity.
3 An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
4 The earthquake was the worst calamity in the country's history.
5 As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
6 At a time when news has been a dark canvas of conflicts and calamities worldwide, the announcement beamed a bright light through the gloom.