DISASTER in a Sentence
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99 example sentences for DISASTER, such as:
1. The sales campaign was a total disaster.
2. The church bell used to be rung to signify disaster.
3. The prime minister will drop in at the disaster area.
4. The town was declared a disaster area after the floods.
5. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.
2. The church bell used to be rung to signify disaster.
3. The prime minister will drop in at the disaster area.
4. The town was declared a disaster area after the floods.
5. The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.
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Meanings and Examples of DISASTER
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disaster
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold, and a feeling of disaster oppressed her.
2 At any other time, the news of this disaster would have brought fear and lamentation to Atlanta.
3 But, for four years, he had seen others who had refused to recognize defeat, men who rode gaily into sure disaster because they were gallant.
4 She thought feverishly that they must have money, lots of it to keep them safe against disaster.
5 She knew that she and Frank were already in the Yankees' black books, because of Tony, and disaster might descend on them at any hour.
6 And her temper grew shorter and shorter as the weeks went by, for every dollar she saved would be just one more dollar to lose if disaster descended.
7 She was born in the middle of a week when frenzied excitement gripped Atlanta and the air was tense with expectation of disaster.
8 She silently cursed the legislature for bringing this worse disaster upon them all.
9 I was sent by Major Effingham, at Sir William's own bidding, to outflank the French, and carry the tidings of their disaster across the portage, to the fort on the Hudson.
10 Stories of disaster were borne into their minds with many proofs.
11 You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
12 I can offer you no consolation, my friend," said he; "your disaster is irreparable.
13 Before, I had only imagined the wretchedness of my desolated home; the reality came on me as a new, and a not less terrible, disaster.
14 While I described the disaster, Mr. Jaggers stood, according to his wont, before the fire.
15 The latter, I believe, he considered a match for any kind of disaster not absolutely mortal.
Example Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1 The town was declared a disaster area after the floods.
2 As long as two years ago, Mandelson tried to unpick the reasons for the disaster.
3 One hundred and twenty people died in China's worst air disaster.
4 The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.
5 After the disaster, victims were crying, parents were crying, Sichuan was crying, China was crying, Every Chinese was crying.
6 The sales campaign was a total disaster.
7 Indeed, it could be the worst environmental disaster in Western Europe this century.
8 The church bell used to be rung to signify disaster.
9 He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the rail disaster.
10 The prime minister will drop in at the disaster area.
11 The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.
12 The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster.
13 After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty.
14 The government has promised a full investigation into the disaster.
15 The newspaper launched an appeal fund for victims of the disaster.