Sentence examples for as calamitous from inspiring English sources

Failure is not as calamitous as it sounds.

This wasn't as calamitous as you might think.

Some of these enterprises were as calamitous as Inverkip's power station.

The coming clash that China now talks about could be as calamitous as that previous one was.

But as calamitous as all that sounds, life has not wildly changed here as a result -- not yet, anyway.

For a lesser storyteller, inserting a novel's themes into the mouths of minor characters might prove as calamitous as meddling with love.

These two have previous together, and to be fair, that incident was nothing like as bafflingly calamitous as this one 17th over: West Indies 68-3 (Chanderpaul 26 Bravo 0) need 329 Far be it from me to be cynical about this new wonder-bat.

Nothing in the mother's drama is as sad or calamitous as Lorraine's own history, as she explains: "Frankly, I'd a-rather not been born if I knew what I were comin' into".

Even before the period ended, however, a body of literature was being created to disparage it as the calamitous era of "Negro rule" in the South.

Chelsea's pre-season tour to the Netherlands and Germany got off to an inauspicious start as a calamitous error by goalkeeper Ross Turnbull helped Martin Jol's Ajax to a comfortable 3-1 win in Amsterdam.

"Grab 'Em by the Midterms!" one sign proclaimed, underscoring the conviction that, when it comes to women's rights, Trump's "accomplishments" are seen by many as a calamitous threat.