Sentence examples for calamitous combination from inspiring English sources
Belafonte's performance of "Losing Hand" — a song written by Charles Calhoun for Ray Charles, who had a hit with it, in 1953 — is, for me, a calamitous combination of the sly and the wounded.
O'Neill did what he could to help Carter without betraying his own fundamental beliefs, but the relatively modest accomplishments of the Carter administration were not enough to offset a calamitous combination of political disasters, including double-digit inflation and interest rates, increased unemployment and the inability to orchestrate a return of the hostages from Iran.
The trials and tribulations he suffered under the high ball were of Old Testament proportions – more than once, a calamitous combination of poor positioning and terminal Teflonitis dropped England in the mire – and it was only when he switched places with Mark Cueto that the overpowering whiff of a series of accidents waiting to happen disappeared on the breeze.
But Congress is facing so many potentially calamitous tax and budget issues that another theory is brewing: a combination of Democrats, once averse to changes to social welfare programs, and senior Republicans may form some sort of new deal-making consensus through sheer necessity to avoid large tax increases and significant military cuts.
Poverty combined with growth can be equally calamitous.
With Kevin Thomson in midfield and the assured combination of Carlos Cuellar and David Weir in central defence, Ferguson can now afford to move into positions that would have been calamitous in a team that trained without tackling and contained lightweights like Karl Svensson, Jérémy Clément and Libor Sionko.
Not calamitous or terminal.
The result was calamitous.
Calamitous is probably better.
