Sentence examples for ultimately catastrophic from inspiring English sources
Barnouw points out that the movies effectively automated stage magic (as talkies would later render live musical accompaniment redundant): "The transfer to screen of the magician's most sensational illusions – disappearances, bizarre transformations and beheadings – proved ultimately catastrophic for magicians.
He had no involvement when BMW's former chief executive, Bernd Pischetsrieder, acquired Rover in the early 1990's and embarked on an ultimately catastrophic plan to expand into mass-market cars.
He added, "You're just going to have fires and if you do not have the personnel to put them out, they can grow very quickly into ultimately catastrophic fires".
His period at the TLS coincided with a long-running and ultimately catastrophic dispute between the management of Times Newspapers and the print unions, which ended in the closure of its newspapers and journals for 11 months.
This very funny, though ultimately catastrophic plot device gives Mr Franzen the opportunity to focus on the price that is exacted for American (for that, read Western) material affluence in terms of our planet, our emotional well-being and our children's future.
Progressive collapse of building structures typically occurs when an abnormal loading condition causes a sudden loss in the structural capacity of one or more critical members, which leads to a chain reaction of failure and ultimately catastrophic collapse.
The removal of their influence would ultimately prove catastrophic.
While declining to assume major responsibilities, Johnston used his authority for one innovation that ultimately proved catastrophic.
Jewish emancipation was a success in certain respects, but, ultimately, a catastrophic failure.
For the supporters of the old regime it meant quite a different thing - betrayal of state secrets, liberal dissolution of the state and, ultimately, a catastrophic relinquishing of state power.
The expense of resources during the Roman Persian Wars ultimately proved catastrophic for both empires.
