Sentence examples for calamities faced from inspiring English sources

After diving for 30 years in his spare time, he was compelled to combine his work and hobby when he was struck by the calamities faced by oceans around the world.

They face all the calamities faced by Europeans in the Middle Ages, but also clash with dragons, warlocks and ice zombies.

That is the calamity faced by the beleaguered but enduring heroine of "Food and Fadwa," a new play by Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader about a Palestinian family living near Bethlehem.

Democrats unveiled their party's platform on Monday, declaring that with the passage of the health care law, the elimination of Qaeda leaders and the slowly improving economic prospects the country had emerged from the near calamity it faced four years ago.

Kaberuka has said climate change is one of the "greatest calamities" Africa faces, but he is encouraged by successful solar projects in Morocco and windfarms in Kenya.

The president they serve has steadfastly resisted intervening in the most dire human-rights calamity he has faced since taking office: the civil war in Syria.

An emergency tax was imposed occasionally and were applicable when the kingdom was under duress, such as when it faced natural calamities, or was preparing for war or overcoming war's ravages.

Three of those dates have come and gone and we haven't faced financial calamity.

Gcaleka and the elders believe that without it, South Africa will be faced by calamity.

Wenger persisted with the same side after half-time and was fortunate they were not faced with calamity shortly after the restart.

I hope my art brings a new focus of attention to a global calamity that we are faced with.