How to Use disaster in a Sentence

disaster

noun
  • They're trying to find a way to avoid disaster.
  • The dinner party was a complete disaster.
  • The new regulations could be a disaster for smaller businesses.
  • The program examined several bridge failures and other engineering disasters.
  • This has been a disaster of a team for the past two years.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • Benge came on to make a play when disaster struck.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • That could have been a disaster.
    Vanity Fair, 12 Mar. 2026
  • This was a recipe for disaster.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • The world is a frickin’ disaster.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Places that are a disaster, right?
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s been no war, no disaster.
    Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
  • While the events that led to the wreck are murky, the disaster has made some things clear.
    Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Daz Ball was a disaster from the jump.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • After a flood, the two men dig their way out of the disaster.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • The result could spell disaster for the project in the long haul.
    Bilal Aijazi, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • So here’s a look back on our favorite disaster movies over the years.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In the end, strange people stayed in our home and there was no disaster.
    Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026
  • But the film does, of course, need to feed on its quota of dark disaster.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Not doing so is a recipe for disaster.
    Mary Clements Evans, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • To avoid disaster, the two hatch a foolproof plan.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The disaster raised questions about why storm sirens didn’t sound.
    Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
  • Some disasters have been made by human hands.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But on the day the next big disaster hits, this is where it will first be announced.
    Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
  • This is a disaster in the making.
    Lara Williams, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
  • One casino at the edge of disaster.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • To do the same again here on home soil would be a national disaster.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The trip wasn’t a total disaster, though.
    Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There were some signs of slowing but not the disaster people think.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
  • One of the plays was decent, the other was a disaster.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

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