Sentence examples for became a catastrophe from inspiring English sources

History long regarded Gustav as an incompetent, stubborn, and sometimes mentally damaged figure whose foreign policy became a catastrophe.

Then came the last nine holes yesterday at St . Andrews Scotland, when the Old Course became a struggle and one last putt became a catastrophe.

While the emphasis on effects became a catastrophe for science fiction, it was a relief for the capitalist culture of which Star Wars became a symbol.

This brings me to the following protest at what another reader sees as overblown language in the Guardian, particularly in headlines: "Would it be possible to create a hierarchy of words in descending order of magnitude with approximate definitions?" Could I not do something about overheated language, the reader asked, before it became a disaster, or catastrophe, or tragedy?

If it sinks below 20% this time, a disaster would have become a catastrophe.

On Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali warned that Yemen had also become "a catastrophe, a humanitarian catastrophe".

On first glance it might seem that this story has become a catastrophe for Putin's image.

"We simply can't allow a catastrophe of nature to become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren," he said at the time.

"Congress must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren," Mr. Pence warned after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

"The actions by Sergeant Farina, coupled with the response by the Fire Department, are why this didn't become a catastrophe," said Matt Greimel, a spokesman for the Newark Fire Department.

B1 Lapses Cited in Ferry Fire The National Transportation Safety Board said a Hudson River ferry fire in November 2000 did not become a catastrophe largely because the boat was almost empty.