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
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Derek Muller, an election law expert, suggests that scenario is little more than a fever dream of doomsday devotees and overly nervous Nellies.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
That would get the doomsday Democrats and the messianic mullahs in Tehran talking.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
The doomsday predictions are overblown, in my opinion, so please stop with the complaints about a lack of parking at a potential downtown Royals stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
Bryson Bort, the founder of Scythe, a platform that helps industrial systems imagine potential cyberattacks, said that critical infrastructure is often cut off from the internet, making a true doomsday scenario unlikely.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
That would get the doomsday Democrats and the messianic mullahs in Tehran talking.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
The doomsday predictions are overblown, in my opinion, so please stop with the complaints about a lack of parking at a potential downtown Royals stadium.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
Bryson Bort, the founder of Scythe, a platform that helps industrial systems imagine potential cyberattacks, said that critical infrastructure is often cut off from the internet, making a true doomsday scenario unlikely.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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