perfect storm

noun

: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors

Examples of perfect storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Conversely, there are reasons to believe that, rather than underscoring the dominance and appeal of progressives, Mamdani’s victory could simply be chalked up to a perfect storm of circumstances that are not present in other elections. —Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 13 July 2025

Heavy rain and extreme heat mixed with ICE raids and a freeze on U.S. tour dates by Bad Bunny and others suggests that the live music biz may be caught in a perfect storm during this all-important summer season. —Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

And yet, what happened in the early hours on Friday, when catastrophic flooding struck with a surge topping 20 feet, soon became a perfect storm turned into a once-in-a-lifetime tragedy. —Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 7 July 2025

There are striking parallels here to the rise of undercover farm videos—a perfect storm of new tech, social media, and public outrage. —Will Potter july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for perfect storm

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• multiforme
• outperform
• piriform