Sentence examples for pretty calamitous from inspiring English sources
Paul Krugman. -op-ed columnistheor the New York Times and a professor of economics at Princeton University: "I would say that there is a 50% chance that the outcome [will be] pretty calamitous".
On Friday evening, the spotlight turned to Nigel Farage, a man whose previous forays into Scotland have been pretty calamitous affairs.
It seems everyone on the right believes (or at least wants us to believe) that Washington spending is out of control, that it's the president's fault and that if we don't do something about it... I'm not really sure about that but it must be pretty calamitous, like flocks of winged lemurs will hurl anthrax spores down upon us and imps will rise from the fiery deep to feast upon our purpling flesh.
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.
The merest glance at the calamitous history of Roth adaptations to film demonstrates that American Pastoral is keeping up with some pretty old traditions in this field.
Not calamitous or terminal.
The result was calamitous.
The consequences can be calamitous.
Calamitous is probably better.
It is a calamitous desire.
Default would have "calamitous" consequences.
