The phrase "disastrous period" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a time period in which something bad or unfortunate has happened. For example, "The financial crisis of 2008 marked the beginning of a disastrous period for global markets."
That self-injury began a disastrous period of weight loss and doubt.
This has been a disastrous period in American history, and we hope it will be aberration".
Since the disastrous period of volcanic activity, the road network has been restricted to the northern third of the island.
The disastrous period took the usually ear-splitting Montreal crowd — cited as one reason for the Canadiens' dominating victory on Thursday — out of the game.
The final volume of his planned trilogy will be on the Cultural Revolution, bringing the curtain down on a truly disastrous period.
Mr. McAleer's father, Joseph McAleer Sr., led a franchisee buyout of Krispy Kreme from Beatrice Foods in 1982 after Beatrice's short but disastrous period of control.
Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsWhat caused the gap with the United States to widen was a pair of disastrous periods for Latin America.
Disastrous periods of Mao's rule, including the famine of 1959-61 and the Cultural Revolution, have been airbrushed from history.
"This is a real change in how communities get a hand through disastrous periods," said Crow.
The causes of such disastrous periods mostly remain unclear, but often the result is that the preventive measures are tightened by the orthopedic surgeons, which often causes irritation and resistance from other workers in the hospital.
They also threaten to plunge the Co-op into further controversy after a disastrous recent period.
