How to Use disastrous in a Sentence

disastrous

adjective

• Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.
• The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry.
• His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences.
• The strike was economically disastrous.
• The disastrous play gave the North team an early 2-0 lead and possession of the ball.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
• What lessons can be learned from the disastrous launch of The Messenger and what has played out there?
  — Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• Some of those first dates will be disastrous, as Tatis knows.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• Just a 25-yard field goal to erase the disastrous results that came before it.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• But here’s the thing: Even after a truly disastrous first three days, Andy is still in the game!
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
• What might seem like a tempting choice now will only turn out to be disastrous in the long run.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
• The real failure was the disastrous deal Trump made with the Taliban, who didn’t keep their end of the agreement.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• His four years in Brooklyn have been disastrous at best, with this latest episode of the soap opera making the rest of the league laugh.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
• That came just a few months after the disastrous collapse in Afghanistan.
  — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2024
• That was Hoke’s first lap holding the reins after the disastrous three-season run of Chuck Long.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• When renters are kicked out of their homes, the consequences can be disastrous.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• The wider cost of the strike could be disastrous for an economic sector that’s still woozy from the punch of the pandemic.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
• For the first few days of my testing, the battery life was truly disastrous.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 2 May 2024
• The Reds held a 1-0 lead before the disastrous second inning.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
• The result could have been disastrous for One Medical if the deal had not gone ahead.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• The doubling threshold could be reached within decades, and the results are apt to be disastrous.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• The two forge a bond after a disastrous date, and something like a friendship blossoms.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Hours later, the disastrous storm surge had overwhelmed it.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
• For an island as small as Formentera, this could be disastrous if gone unchecked.
  — Michaela Trimble, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
• Since his disastrous showing in the June 27 debate against Trump, Biden has slipped somewhat in most polls..
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
• Watch the exclusive video above now to see how disastrous their reunion gets.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 May 2023
• Just don’t expect the disastrous results of the minimum-wage hike to convince the state to take a new approach.
  — The Editors, National Review, 10 June 2024
• Out of the box NBC has tried thinking outside the box before, with disastrous results.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• Drew Barrymore just had her most disastrous phone call since the opening scene of Scream.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 Jan. 2023
• Trump could slow the transition to a crawl, with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate, and the world.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
• This does not stop the organization from scrapping the idea, nor the Democrats from suffering a disastrous midterm defeat.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024