Sentence examples for proves calamitous from inspiring English sources

When Billy is given the opportunity to audition for ballet school his short temper proves calamitous.

Ritzenhein began his transformation last fall, but the switch proved calamitous.

But maybe, just maybe, it will eventually prove calamitous.

Certainly, Berman's hopes for delivering reason and freedom at gunpoint have proved calamitous.

But the long years of European equivocation and denial have proved calamitous.

His former partner was "more conservative" and a visit from her parents proved calamitous.

Her actions may prove calamitous or redemptive, but she transforms nearly every character in the novel, including Leo.

The move proved calamitous for Time Warner when the company was criticized by consumers, editorial writers and politicians in New York and Washington.

It accepted that it would not be straightforward, "but the long years of European equivocation and denial have proved calamitous".

The suspension of Mare Nostrum proved calamitous, with ill-fated migrant and refugee crossings seeming to increase weekly in winter and early spring.

Their two collaborations, the dire romcom Born Yesterday and the wretched drama Paradise, proved calamitous, but not as bad (what possibly could be?) as Madonna's dunderheaded pairings.