Sentence examples for catastrophic year from inspiring English sources

"It's been a catastrophic year," Ramsden added.

Steve Norris, the British film commissioner, has predicted a "catastrophic" year unless agreement is reached.

In 2003, the catastrophic year that defined America's occupation of Iraq, Anthony was miles ahead of everyone".

The three-day week would begin in a matter of days, after a catastrophic year for Edward Heath's government.

He doesn't think the catastrophic year, as he calls it, has had much impact on his writing.

PARIS — After a catastrophic year for global markets, dazed investors are emerging from their shelters to ask if 2009 will be any better.

The United States needs a clean break from eight catastrophic years of George W. Bush.

Alstom returned to profit in 2007 from four catastrophic years in the red, but has been struggling to make much money on its €20 billion ($28 billion) annual turnover.

It's estimated that around two million Cambodians, more than a quarter of the population, lost their lives during the four catastrophic years of Khmer Rouge rule.

During those catastrophic years in this country, our families suffered through many misfortunes, and we still resented, to some extent, the fate of our generation.

As in the crisis that attended the first Gulf war, many airlines hope that traffic will soon bounce back, and a few catastrophic years will be followed by fuller planes, happier passengers and a return to profitability.