Sentence examples for calamitous era from inspiring English sources
Born in 1914, he lived through a calamitous era in the history of both countries.
Even before the period ended, however, a body of literature was being created to disparage it as the calamitous era of "Negro rule" in the South.
But its appearance now links it to a resurgence of attempts to reclaim the memories of thousands who died during a calamitous era, when H.I.V. was still a death sentence.
Few economists expect a double-dip recession, in which the economy begins to expand only to contract again, but many fear a protracted period of stagnant growth that could last several years, much like Japan's Lost Decade in the 1990s following the calamitous end to an era of excessive real estate speculation.
Instead, his formative years saw the most dreadful blunders of the Maoist era: the calamitous Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and the mad schemes of the Gang of Four.
The most calamitous was at the end of the Permian era 251m years ago, when some 95% of all species were extinguished.
But that era of mass manufacturing came to a calamitous end in the 1980s as production moved overseas to take advantage of cheaper labour.
Not calamitous or terminal.
The result was calamitous.
Calamitous is probably better.
