Calamities
[kə'læmitiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Calamity
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Examples
- Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Well, there's calamities where we least expect it, whether or no. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Terrible have been the calamities that have befallen your great-grandsire's mighty nation since the fatal day that saw you leave our midst. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I pray God to strengthen me to bear this and other calamities, and to bless you always. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Roberta