Sentence examples for calamitous mess from inspiring English sources

"It's a calamitous mess.

Fixing this calamitous mess will take time and care — and Mr. Obama has taken important steps in that direction.

Mr. Nelson gives a pretty good history lesson, reminding us what a calamitous mess the colonies were in as they fought the Revolutionary War, what disunity existed among Americans and how Congress mistrusted Washington and refused to finance the military.

Because it's January and hopefully we're all ready to shrug off the calamitous mess that was 2014 and stride onward into the rising sun.

Why are so many of us inclined to mess up at precisely the moment when messing up is most calamitous?

Not calamitous or terminal.

The result was calamitous.

The consequences can be calamitous.

It is a calamitous desire.

Default would have "calamitous" consequences.

Calamitous is probably better.