Sentence examples for a calamitous situation from inspiring English sources

Not only had Charles placed Sweden in a calamitous situation internationally but he had left behind him a legacy of domestic troubles.

Our nation is in a calamitous situation, and we are being led by a man who does not quite get that there is a time when the jokes must end.

But Mr. Maduro insisted that they were the result of a "war against the economy," saying that he had the names of businessmen who were conspiring to further reduce the supply of some products, aiming to cause "a calamitous situation" this fall.

But Tim Farron, the leader of the Lib Dems, made the point last week that, as the public wakes up to the realisation that leaving the EU is a "calamitous situation that our children will pay for", the prevailing belief that a second referendum is out of the question may be challenged.

Like many a new administration seeking a clean slate, Mr. Hollande's government has sought to lay responsibility for the budget problem at former President Nicolas Sarkozy's feet, with Mr. Moscovici saying Monday that the new government had "inherited a fairly calamitous situation in the public finances".

Rather, he saw their swift and effective response to a potentially calamitous situation as the highest expression of his profession's creed and craft, which requires constant preparation and training for disaster.

Organizations did not protect against already known malware, and human error added to an already calamitous situation.

Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said that the United States' recent pledge to defend South Korea was tantamount to "asking for the calamitous situation of having a fire shower of nuclear retaliation all over South Korea".

Many states are now in a calamitous financial situation.

The seeds of the Wests Tigers' calamitous situation were sown nearly two decades ago, a time that seems increasingly ancient, the dark days of the Super League war, when Rupert Murdoch marched on the game.

As leaders digested the harrowing images from Syria of victims gasping for breath or trembling, there was a flurry of phone calls among diplomats expressing horror at the calamitous situation in Syria and frustration at the lack of an obvious response.