In disastrous moments you do the strangest things..
The European economy is in disastrous shape; so, increasingly, is the European political project.
Both had been built hurriedly, and in disastrous conditions, in the first months after secession.
Remnick says: If she can, then the Republican Party is in disastrous shape.
Whatever the pros and cons of his premiership, it ended in disastrous failure.
It could waste another decade, locking in disastrous consequences for our planet and humanity.
This is something I need to relax about, because it can accumulate in disastrous ways.
(To be American, even in disastrous times, is to be hardwired against such an attitude, I think).
I suppose we're used to it: we specialise in disastrous openings, from the Pompidou to Terminal 5 at Heathrow.
If there are errors, "this can result in disastrous consequences, as we have found out to our cost", he says.
When he spends a small eternity writing a report on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, his homework is lost in disastrous circumstances.
