Examples of calamity in a Sentence
Twenty two years passed. Twenty-two years of excellent health and the boundless self-assurance that flows from being fit—twenty-two years spared the adversary that is illness and the calamity that waits in the wings.
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Phillip Roth, Everyman, 2006
A resentment born of the suspicion that all along the media were up to their usual tricks, hyping a national calamity to the max in order to make us buy more copies and tune into TV specials …
—Christopher Buckley, Time, 29 Nov. 1999
In the wake of this year's unending calamities, there has been renewed discussion of the need for an international rapid deployment force that can kick down doors to help victims of disasters.
—Kathleen Hunt, New York Times Magazine, 28 July 1991
floods, earthquakes, and other calamities
He predicted calamity for the economy.
Phillip Roth, Everyman, 2006
A resentment born of the suspicion that all along the media were up to their usual tricks, hyping a national calamity to the max in order to make us buy more copies and tune into TV specials …
—Christopher Buckley, Time, 29 Nov. 1999
In the wake of this year's unending calamities, there has been renewed discussion of the need for an international rapid deployment force that can kick down doors to help victims of disasters.
—Kathleen Hunt, New York Times Magazine, 28 July 1991
floods, earthquakes, and other calamities
He predicted calamity for the economy.
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While the cause of the blast remains a mystery, investigators have figured out where the calamity started, said Brice McCracken, special agent in charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Center for Explosives Training and Research.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Perhaps someday the age of screens will end, at the hand of some unthinkable novelty or civilization-ending calamity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Whatever the trigger was, to prevent recurrence of the calamity, degassing facilities were installed at Lakes Monoun and Nyos to remove the continual buildup of carbon dioxide gas.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
That’s all the praise Coe should get, however, given the calamity of Gimball’s accidental death.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Perhaps someday the age of screens will end, at the hand of some unthinkable novelty or civilization-ending calamity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Whatever the trigger was, to prevent recurrence of the calamity, degassing facilities were installed at Lakes Monoun and Nyos to remove the continual buildup of carbon dioxide gas.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
That’s all the praise Coe should get, however, given the calamity of Gimball’s accidental death.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calamity. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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calamity
noun
ca·lam·i·ty
kə-ˈlam-ət-ē 
plural calamities
1
: deep distress or misery
2
: an event that causes great harm
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