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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Two more notable incidents occur amid the calamity.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
If these calamities unfold, the revenue projections, total costs and net transfer balances will be a little lower, too, with the cumulative cashflow balance being higher, at £161million by the summer of 2028.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Going to the theatre in that period was hardly an entertainment for the fainthearted, and calamity was not confined to the stage.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
If these calamities unfold, the revenue projections, total costs and net transfer balances will be a little lower, too, with the cumulative cashflow balance being higher, at £161million by the summer of 2028.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Going to the theatre in that period was hardly an entertainment for the fainthearted, and calamity was not confined to the stage.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calamity. Accessed 16 Sep. 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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