How to Use disaster in a Sentence

disaster

noun

• They're trying to find a way to avoid disaster.
• The dinner party was a complete disaster.
• The new regulations could be a disaster for smaller businesses.
• The program examined several bridge failures and other engineering disasters.
• But the golden years for those Americans will be marked by the risks of climate disaster.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
• The mosque attack is at least the third disaster in Pakistan since Sunday.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
• And, George, officials say that is the disaster yet to occur, that there are so many people who are homeless.
  — ABC News, 12 Feb. 2023
• The findings could both reveal the lasting tolls of radiation and hint at traits that have helped certain dogs avoid the disaster’s worst health effects.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2023
• The company was headed for disaster – not just for the dealers themselves, but for everyone involved.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
• But the first day of filming had barely wrapped last Monday when reports began to trickle out about how the show’s production was a complete disaster.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2023
• Lester, whose center was born out of the Love Canal disaster, questioned why testing for dioxins hasn’t been a higher priority.
  — Scott Dance, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Our states know firsthand how important federal disaster funding is to recover from devastating events.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
• In June, Evans will have a show in Lexington focused on Kentucky weather, disaster culture and landscapes.
  — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
• Last season’s chief acquisition, Russell Westbrook, was an outright disaster as lead guard before settling into place as the team’s sixth man.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2023
• An asteroid strike is a disaster; an asteroid flyby, an opportunity.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• The Biden administration’s foreign policy has been a disaster.
  — Robert Zubrin, National Review, 19 Feb. 2023
• While the events that led to the wreck are murky, the disaster has made some things clear.
  — Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• In the area around the Fukushima plant the impact of the disaster is eerily clear.
  — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Storm Daniel was the worst disaster in Greece for 400 years, but could become the norm.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• Both Ukraine and Russia have blamed the other side for the disaster.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
• Or maybe Abreu was the lucky one to avoid being blamed for this Sox disaster.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• But this didn’t have to be a disaster, Ms. Williams-Butler added.
  — Dan Koeppel, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• And asking Davis to handle all of it could be a recipe for disaster.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Pity Martinez was more or less a disaster in his brief time in MLS.
  — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Those of us who are concerned see two paths to disaster.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 14 Apr. 2023
• If the doors are left open, the mimizu will escape, causing disaster.
  — Kayti Burt, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
• The disaster raised questions about why storm sirens didn’t sound.
  — Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
• This could be a recipe for disaster or...disaster, but the fun kind.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 May 2024
• The simple fact is that this state and county have set themselves on a course to disaster.
  — Jason F. Poje, National Review, 11 May 2023
• There were some signs of slowing but not the disaster people think.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024