cataclysmal
- a variation of cataclysmic.
Example Sentences
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Nothing short of the cataclysmal end of the world could have provided drama to match the stupendous stage-setting of that stormy sky.
From October Vagabonds by Le Gallienne, Richard
Some cataclysmal upheaval would seem to account for such disrupture rather than the infinitely slow processes suggested by geological history.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
Fortunately, the approaching explosion, which would have been of a cataclysmal nature,—Stiffy was not a boy to do things by halves,—was averted by a change of demeanour on the part of the temptress.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
Very rarely is there a spate, an upheaval, and a cataclysmal sweep that bursts the ice and ends its reign in an hour or two.
From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson
This tells of the World, its beginning, its convulsions and its ending, and thus embraces the three minor cycles of the cosmogonical, the cataclysmal and the eschatological myths.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
