Words similar to calamity

Example sentences for: calamity

How can you use “calamity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The calamity spurred the government to launch an emergency program of public-housing construction; spartan new blocks of apartments put cheap and fireproof roofs over hundreds of thousands of heads.
1153(a)(7)), as in effect on March 31, 1980, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political calamity.
She chooses the calamity.
It promises luck to those who forward it and calamity to those who don't.