Sentence examples for be calamitous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
- The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
Ringing in their ears are dire warnings from the guardians of the nation's financial well-being - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said only last week that a default would be "calamitous".
The consequences can be calamitous.
But there are indications that the consequences could be calamitous.
In poor countries, the consequences can be calamitous.
"We cannot allow a military buildup which could be calamitous.
The ride will be bumpy at times, but should not be calamitous.
If Washington unnerves them, and sends interest rates rising, the effect really could be calamitous.
Such an approach would be calamitous if you care about maintaining the union.
And anything that undermines the campaigns to promote safer sex would be calamitous.
Winning would give Mr Clegg new momentum; losing would indeed be calamitous.
"It would be calamitous on so many different levels," Mr. Staley said.
