Sentence examples similar to a grave calamity from inspiring English sources

Some say it is the gravest calamity our species has ever encountered.

Her death was experienced as a national calamity — both a terrifying proof of the growing reach of terrorism inside Pakistan and a grave blow to the country's democratic hopes.

This is a grave error.

This is a grave matter".

That's not a grave".

A grave crime called for grave punishment..

Not a grave.

LELYSTAD, the Netherlands — Entrusted with ensuring that the central Netherlands never suffers a calamity like the one visited on New York by Hurricane Sandy, Willem van Dijk, guardian of the dikes in Flevoland, a Dutch province that is more than 12 feet below sea level, sends out 11 men each morning to combat a grave menace to the world's most advanced network of storm defenses.

"A grave injustice has been done.

This would be a grave mistake.

A distraught woman points at a grave.