Sentence examples for calamitous and from inspiring English sources

England's response verged between the calamitous and the cavalier.

But Mr. Trummer's predicament is real indeed, stemming from a high-profile skein of criminal and civil charges that is complex, interwoven, calamitous and eye-opening.

At least four thousand people have already died of Ebola, the economic impact of the epidemic has been calamitous, and every day the numbers get worse.

There is abundant evidence, he says, that rising temperatures can have an abrupt, calamitous and "nonlinear" effect on glaciers and ecosystems.

Mr. Scott added that the film managed "to show how calamitous and out of control (and also how thrilling) growing up odd and ordinary can be, without wallowing in its hero's occasional self-pity or condescending to him".

Transforming is what art does, but photography that bears witness to the calamitous and the reprehensible is much criticized if it seems "aesthetic"; that is, too much like art.

We are poorly equipped to perceive calamitous cause-and-effect when it plays out in slow motion.

We have run out of time to see that this is like the other kind of drowning, a clear-cut case of calamitous cause-and-effect, albeit in slower motion, playing out over an extended timeline.

That said, we live in complex and calamitous times, and what Simon did all last year was explain that in plain English so dumb-dumbs like me can i.

He urged the company's chairman at the time, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, and other members of the board to resign, accusing them of "calamitous errors and exceptionally poor judgment" and comparing them to rogue traders.

Even exhaustive planning and seamless cooperation cannot prevent calamitous accidents, and a team of thieves, like a movie crew, must be as good at improvising in the breach as at calculating in advance.