How to Use seismic in a Sentence

seismic

adjective

• Seismic social changes have occurred.
• And so now, down by 12, with all that was at stake, the Hoosiers were on the brink of a seismic collapse.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• But the outcome of such a seismic event in orbit is the same.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
• There have been two seismic shocks in the past few years — first the pandemic and now the strikes.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• And how will this seismic shift shape things back home?
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
• Scores more were injured in the worst seismic event in the North African country in decades.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• But if the company goes ahead with this plan, then the changes would be seismic.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• The fall-out was seismic for Schofield, who was dropped by his agency as well as ITV.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
• There’s little tweaks, but there are not the sort of seismic changes that need to occur.
  — Katie Palmer Reprints, STAT, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Hoosiers nearly picked up a seismic win on the road, but were instead sent home by Clark.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
• The impact caused a crater more than 150 feet deep and was strong enough to be measured as a seismic event, the FBI said.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
• The area sits along seismic fault lines within the Ring of Fire, where most of the planet’s quakes occur.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
• The fifth fair took place in 1967, a year of seismic cultural upheaval.
  — Gillian Bagwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• This may not be quite a seismic trade, one to instantly scare the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
• The outcomes of the trial were a seismic shock to vaccine science.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• Business owners and investors know just how seismic the shift was in 2022.
  — Chaitra Vedullapalli, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• The seismic events were followed by a string of aftershocks.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2022
• But in the unlikely event that Judge Mehta agreed to take the divestiture route, the result would be seismic.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
• And as a producer, Sanborn has the skill to sweep people away with seismic beats.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• Oscar slap seen around the world hasn’t addressed the seismic news in a big sit-down interview yet.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022
• Michael Jackson is one of those once-in-a-lifetime artists whose impact on the culture is seismic.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Family Man’s powerful bass ripples through the song with the force of a seismic tremor.
  — Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
• One of the aluminum panels popped out during the seismic tests, but the facades all remained attached to the building.
  — Todd Woody, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
• How does Bryson Barnes’ 70-yard touchdown pass to Money Parks equate to other seismic events?
  — Sven Karabegovic, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Yes, just consider the seismic impact of the microwave oven.
  — Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
• This kind of seismic unrest has happened multiple times over the past 50 years at the Campi Flegrei.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
• By the numbers recorded in the history books, the 2022 midterms are unlikely to look seismic.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2022
• And the ascension of Prince Charles to the British throne promises to have a seismic effect on the roles of other royals orbiting the crown.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• Just like that, the race changed in a seismic way, infuriating Trump, who had built his campaign around running against Biden.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
• As the seismic waves move farther outward, the soil causes the waves' size to decrease and become less detectable than waves that encounter sedimentary rock in the western U.S., Li said.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024