How to Use seismic in a Sentence

seismic

adjective

• Seismic social changes have occurred.
• And so now, down by 12, with all that was at stake, the Hoosiers were on the brink of a seismic collapse.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• But the outcome of such a seismic event in orbit is the same.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
• There have been two seismic shocks in the past few years — first the pandemic and now the strikes.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• And how will this seismic shift shape things back home?
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
• Scores more were injured in the worst seismic event in the North African country in decades.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• In that study, researchers sent seismic waves through the core of the planet.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
• The college sports landscape on the West Coast is about to change, in a seismic way.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• The reader comes in right at the seismic shift in their friendship.
  — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2021
• But if the company goes ahead with this plan, then the changes would be seismic.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• The pandemic has led to seismic shifts in the way people work and live.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
• The fall-out was seismic for Schofield, who was dropped by his agency as well as ITV.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
• There’s little tweaks, but there are not the sort of seismic changes that need to occur.
  — Katie Palmer Reprints, STAT, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Hoosiers nearly picked up a seismic win on the road, but were instead sent home by Clark.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
• The impact caused a crater more than 150 feet deep and was strong enough to be measured as a seismic event, the FBI said.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
• The area sits along seismic fault lines within the Ring of Fire, where most of the planet’s quakes occur.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
• The East Coast is mostly made up of old, cold and dense rocks that are more conducive to seismic waves.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
• Now is the time for CPOs to harden their processes and gird their teams for the next seismic shift.
  — Richard Waugh, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• The electorate is always changing, but the level of change in the last 10 years has been seismic.
  — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
• The fifth fair took place in 1967, a year of seismic cultural upheaval.
  — Gillian Bagwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• This may not be quite a seismic trade, one to instantly scare the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024
• This may be Rollins’ 38th book, but the thrill of sending a new novel out into the world is seismic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022
• The outcomes of the trial were a seismic shock to vaccine science.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• The rapid rise of tenant screening is one of the seismic changes to hit the rental market since the Great Recession.
  — ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2022
• The impact of Covid-19 on where, when and how America works has been no less than seismic.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
• The shift from Mary Mary to solo artist was seismic, but Erica took it in stride.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 2 Apr. 2025
• Business owners and investors know just how seismic the shift was in 2022.
  — Chaitra Vedullapalli, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• The seismic events were followed by a string of aftershocks.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2022
• The hum of ships, the sounds of construction and seismic blasts are disrupting ecosystems, and they can also be heard in the kelp forests.
  — Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
• The study suggests that local seismic hazard warnings should account for much stronger ground motion in areas where faults run out.
  — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025