Sentence examples for disaster striking from inspiring English sources

These anemic yields are a "potential disaster striking at core American principles of self-reliance, individual responsibility and fairness," Mr. Schwab observed correctly.

Partly, the difference between the progressive Manhattan camp and the old-fashioned Chautauqua one is the difference between city and country, where we don't have to worry quite so much about disaster striking.

As a hedge against disaster striking the blue iguana population on Grand Cayman, an off-island captive population was established in 25 zoos in the USA.

With nearly 45 per cent of the country's population under the age of 18, children are among those most affected by the grinding poverty, high food prices and now a substantial natural disaster striking the country.

Disaster struck on Christmas Eve , 1888

Then one day disaster struck.

"Disaster struck and we lost.

Then, at lunchtime, disaster struck.

But, instead, disaster struck.

Then last year, disaster struck.

In October 2013, disaster struck.