Sentence examples for Catastrophic from inspiring English sources

The "hollowing out" of the library service is catastrophic at a time when illiteracy costs the country £81bn a year and one child in three does not own a single book.

The most dramatic match of the day came when Luton's catastrophic run of form went on in devastating fashion against Exeter.

Several studies have concluded that much of the world's fossil fuel reserves must remain unburned to prevent catastrophic climate change.

To such catastrophic "modernity", the most likely political response is often conservatism – with a small "c", as distinct from the self-annulling Conservatism of today's radical modernisers.

A week after Labour's catastrophic general election defeat, Jon Cruddas is holding nothing back.

Cameron will say: "Professionals who fail to protect children will be held properly accountable and council bosses who preside over such catastrophic failure will not see rewards for that failure".

When the history of Syria's catastrophic civil war comes to be written, 30 June 2012 will surely be recognised as the only true moment of hope.

The Independent editor Amol Rajan has warned journalists on the paper that voting for strike action would send a "catastrophic" message to the owner, Evgeny Lebedev.

Johnson, mayor of London and now MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, is vehemently opposed to Heathrow expansion and has reiterated that view recently, saying it would be "catastrophic" for Londoners, with unacceptable levels of pollution and noise.

Varoufakis also said it would be "catastrophic" if Greece left the euro, predicting it would be "the beginning of the end of the common currency project".

Marr, who mostly slept through his brushes with death, was oblivious to the dramas of his bedside and the potentially "catastrophic side-effects" of his post-stroke treatment.