By this it appears that it was advisable and seasonable only in calamitous times, and times of present distress, 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

That is what is most calamitous, that is the most dramatic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2001] Reference

We will recall the calamitous response to that disaster, during which some kids weren't reunited with their families for up to six months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Shriver: Another Gulf Coast Disaster...Are We Ready?] Reference

Accidental spillage in these areas would be "calamitous".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And this reminds me -- you'll remember when the time Likud came to power in the late '80s and similar terms were used then, "calamitous," "earthquake," "shattering event.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2006] Reference

Ken Clarke warns Tories against making 'calamitous' cuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to India, UK agree on text of civil nuke deal: Mandelson] Reference

There's something fun about seeing the word 'calamitous' used about the.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedState] Reference

He told the Daily Telegraph he did not envisage a "quick rebound" for an economy in a "calamitous" state.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

In a grim assessment of the "calamitous" state of the economy, the former chancellor says he does not envisage "a quick rebound".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

"calamitous" consequences on the fate of the whole bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home/News] Reference

The long end of the prediction would be calamitous.    From Wordnik.com.  [A House Of Cards] Reference

A calamitous fire took place at New Orleans, on the eighteenth of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference

Nor did the calamitous consequences of this event thus terminate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference

A loss of confidence in U.S. financial markets could be calamitous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Globalization’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference

Some policies that are initially popular turn out to be calamitous.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Ain't the Economy, Stupid] Reference

Somehow someone turns a calamitous day into one that is merely mediocre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matt Prior digs deep but debutant Wahab Riaz leaves England in a hole] Reference

Ending her media boycott since that calamitous night in Isleworth, Fla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elin Nordegren's Delicate Epilogue] Reference

Now comes news of Apple's calamitous first quarter, which ended in December.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Quick Rx For Apple] Reference

They have also delivered a calamitous blow to followers of the Muslim faith.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Symposium: What Is Moderate Islam?] Reference

Other major American industries have undertaken calamitous consolidations to survive.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Then There Was One] Reference

By itself, this wouldn't be calamitous, because Greece is small (population: 11 million).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Greek Tragedy] Reference

My point is that no religious tradition is innocent of grievous, even calamitous moral harm.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Thatamanil: To the Quran-Burning Church: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness] Reference

If the goal is to prevent a calamitous collapse of bank lending, the answer is probably "yes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Times Breed Bad Times] Reference

The best hope for avoiding a calamitous showdown with Kim may be the strongman's own desire to survive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women, Wine And Weapons] Reference

Once or twice I have come in its way, but never willingly, and happily always without calamitous result.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference

"That would be calamitous for everybody" -- including those who want to export such products as bananas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lining Up At The Exit] Reference

I am attempting to call attention to cultures calamitous requirement that women erase the life giving process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Politics of Postpartum Bodies] Reference

Veronica Daniels, 62, of Houston, Texas, says a reduction in her Social Security benefits would be calamitous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out Of Poverty, Report Finds] Reference

Many of the calamitous efforts of the tremendous revolution which has passed over the Southern States still remain.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference

He reaffirmed those opinions at a reading last week in London, condemning what he called Islam's "calamitous effect.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Literature: A Voice For Dire Times] Reference

Full narrative of the calamitous expeditions of the Persians against the Scythians in the reign of Darius Hystaspes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

The United States and Europe have never seen eye to eye on the combatants, either -- with calamitous results for diplomacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Shame] Reference

Grasslands sequester carbon, which, in the form of carbon dioxide, warms the planet and threatens calamitous climate change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Butterflies Aren't Free] Reference

These patients are oddball Oedipuses and calamitous Buster Keatons, inescapably reminding us of our own malfunctioning humanity.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tragicomic Variety Show] Reference

His face is pale, his eyes dull, and his ragged clothes are covered in dust as if he has been the victim of some calamitous accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [Krapp's Last Tape] Reference

In the Middle East, calamitous missteps often are explained by the word conspiracy, and Saddam may have been the victim of more than one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Blunderer From Baghdad] Reference