How to Use catastrophe in a Sentence

catastrophe

noun
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  • The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.
  • Experts fear a humanitarian catastrophe if food isn't delivered to the refugees soon.
  • The catastrophe on one side of the world has run its course.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • And if so, what needs to be done to guard against more catastrophe?
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2018
  • None of us should have to wait or meet near catastrophe to be healthy.
    — Andy Dunn As Told To Marty Munson, Men's Health, 10 May 2022
  • But the lead-up to that launch was a complete catastrophe.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 June 2019
  • And by the way, that's supposed to lead us now to catastrophe.
    — Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • The blackout and the chaos that has ensued is a metaphor for the catastrophe known as Venezuela.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2019
  • The near catastrophe turned out to have a happy ending for all.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2021
  • But the southwest will be the next theater for catastrophe.
    — Dylan Baddour, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2017
  • This is real -- a mystery and a catastrophe at the same time.
    — Fox News, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The heroic attempt to thwart such a heist ends in catastrophe.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 June 2019
  • Burning is not the only cause of death in this catastrophe.
    — Abby Jones, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
  • So why not go ahead and suspend or raise the limit on their own to avoid that sort of catastrophe?
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Turner’s song is more about his own actions in the face of such a catastrophe.
    — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 7 June 2018
  • Her second stint promises to be no less of a catastrophe.
    — The Editors, National Review, 22 July 2021
  • But Putin still believes in his heart that that was a catastrophe.
    — CBS News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The same goes for all the creatures here, victims of catastrophe half a billion years ago.
    — Neil Ever Osborne, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The latest catastrophes to fall on the date have happened overseas.
    — Kyle Swenson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • What is Utah doing to prevent or stymie the size of that catastrophe?
    — Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Everyone wants to talk about bat flips and pace of play, but this is a catastrophe.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Such a conflict would be a catastrophe for both countries—and for us all.
    — Kevin Rudd, Time, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In a world primed to burn, any tiny ignition can lead to catastrophe.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Study authors said a collapse is at least decades away but would be a catastrophe.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • No matter what brought it on, a flare-up doesn’t have to be a catastrophe.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 5 Nov. 2019
  • What the Democrats are trying right now would be nothing short of a catastrophe.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 23 Sep. 2021
  • So Steve was talking to us about all the catastrophes that had happened.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • There was no hint that all this catastrophe was looming in his future.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Stella has enjoyed chewing off the head of her stuffed sloth, which was too slow to avoid the catastrophe.
    — The Know Staff, The Know, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Some people are saying this could be a huge catastrophe.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023

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