Sentence examples for there were calamities from inspiring English sources

The Vietnam war was raging and there were calamities such as the slayings in Los Angeles by Charles Manson and the murder by Hells Angels at the Rolling Stones Altamontt concert.

There were calamities too as a row erupted among the British 4 x 100m men's relay team over a fluffed final changeover that effectively cost them the chance of a silver medal.

There are calamities yet to come.

There are failures, and then there are calamities.

There are calamities that shake our faith.

I hope you get to help more especially when there are calamities".

A fashion model on a plane makes a bizarre discovery about her passengers and there is calamity.

At every turn there's calamity, danger and possible death.

But there have been calamities, too.

There have been calamities along the way.

Dr Martyn Thomas, who chaired the group that wrote the report, told BBC News: "We're not saying that the sky is about to fall in; we're not saying there's a calamity around the corner.