often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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But Oppenheimer is a talky period piece, an exploration of a man and his mind, with only a flash-forward warning about doomsday tacked on to the ending.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, The Agora’s founders, have been selling doomsday investment advice since 1979 — the advent of the internet itself.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
These doomsday films may or may not turn you into a survivalist.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Leave it to Megan Abbott to tap into the American zeitgeist and play on her readers’ fears like a conductor leading a doomsday orchestra.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, The Agora’s founders, have been selling doomsday investment advice since 1979 — the advent of the internet itself.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
These doomsday films may or may not turn you into a survivalist.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Leave it to Megan Abbott to tap into the American zeitgeist and play on her readers’ fears like a conductor leading a doomsday orchestra.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for doomsday
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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