often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Some, like the story on billionaire doomsday preppers, was groundbreaking.
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Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
The actress even takes some notes from her character Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who reclaims her life in New York City after being rescued from a doomsday cult.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The doomsday scenario is easy to imagine: powerful tools controlled by even more powerful companies, producing infinite, low-cost content.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Since then, transit officials and the 3,000 workers, many of them union members who run the trains and buses that make up the umbrella Regional Transportation Authority, are predicting doomsday scenarios next year without an injection of cash.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
The actress even takes some notes from her character Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who reclaims her life in New York City after being rescued from a doomsday cult.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The doomsday scenario is easy to imagine: powerful tools controlled by even more powerful companies, producing infinite, low-cost content.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Since then, transit officials and the 3,000 workers, many of them union members who run the trains and buses that make up the umbrella Regional Transportation Authority, are predicting doomsday scenarios next year without an injection of cash.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for doomsday
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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