Examples of apocalyptic in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Still, the director keeps matters moving along at a clip and successfully frames Charlie as a character of real, possibly apocalyptic, threat. — Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 May 2022 Novoselivka itself was a scene of near-apocalyptic destruction. — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022 While some lawmakers and activists warned of near-apocalyptic impacts from the commission’s decision, candidates for Anchorage municipal office, whose by-mail election begins later this month, said their campaigns remain generally unaffected. — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2022 Even if the consequences are deadly, as in the climate-apocalyptic Voyagers (HBO Max). — Jason Kehe, Wired, 14 Dec. 2021 Don’t Look Up a religious film even though its apocalyptic comedy very much derived from the climate-change religion that sees America as doomed. — Armond White, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022 The 40-year-old actress and comedian teased the 2021 Netflix apocalyptic comedy during a monologue at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2022 The apocalyptic comedy about a comet headed for Earth has been more popular with Oscar voters than critics. — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022 The West, once a beacon for all that was new and hopeful in America, could become an example of the grim, apocalyptic future the nation faces from climate change. — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022 See More

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