How to Use tsunami in a Sentence

tsunami

noun
Definition of tsunaminext
Synonyms for tsunaminext
  • And so Chris: that should keep the tsunami at bay, even like.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 10 May 2022
  • The idea was that the leg was presumably washed away in the tsunami.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Apr. 2023
  • And then it got caught in the tsunami of them breaking up.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 May 2024
  • The ring shape also protects it from the threat of a tsunami.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
  • Then, a tsunami more than 50 feet tall crashed onto the shore.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • The avalanche and tsunami were large and forceful, but ephemeral.
    — Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Afraid of bad news looming like a tsunami at its crest.
    — Sean Keeler, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Check out the exhibits, take the tour and hear the tale of the 1964 tsunami that swept across the city and stranded the lighthouse keepers in the tower.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Like a tsunami in Haiti Beryl did not spare anyone in its path, not even Haiti.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
  • The full effects of this tsunami are just emerging and could have a large impact.
    — Nick Boniakowski, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The effort failed, of course, but the debt tsunami may force the issue sooner rather than later.
    — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Then what appears to be a tsunami of Omicron hit the country.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2022
  • On my first day, there was an earthquake in Tokyo with a tsunami warning.
    — David Qu, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Americans tried to heal Newtown’s pain and their own with a tsunami of cash and goods.
    — Elizabeth Williamson, The Atlantic, 2 June 2022
  • It’s been a roller coaster, a tsunami, an earthquake and Christmas, all wrapped in one.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
  • There is no threat of a tsunami as of now, outlets reported.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • When the next storm comes, Miura told me, the river will start to climb—slowly, more like a rising tide than a tsunami.
    — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The Fukushima meltdown took place in March 2011 when a massive earthquake caused a tsunami that damaged the plant on the east coast of Japan.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 July 2023
  • The tsunami is coming, and brands and retailers need to ride the wave of platforms like TikTok Shop.
    — Jon Bird, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There was no tsunami risk because the plates were moving side by side, Pridmore said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Right now the best advice for tsunami avoidance on a ship is to either run the ship aground and hope for the best, or head for deeper ocean and hope for the best.
    — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
  • Thus, the Siberian Traps province is to a volcano as a tsunami is to a ripple in your bathtub.
    — Chris Mays, Scientific American, 23 June 2022
  • The study says that the tsunami created by the impact was a thousand times stronger than the modern tsunamis caused by earthquakes.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Oct. 2022
  • His daughter with Devynck, born a year and a half after the tsunami, is sixteen.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • A month after a tsunami hit the island nation of Tonga, the country still needs huge amounts of aid.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • There still may not be enough younger buyers who can afford to purchase a home when the silver tsunami starts.
    — Bysydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And if the blinding tsunami of confetti wasn’t enough, there were blasts of shimmering streamers that rained down on the crowd in front of the stage.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • As of just before 8 a.m. local time, no tsunami warnings had been issued in the area.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Sometimes the tube becomes unattached, and I’m engulfed by a tsunami of piss.
    — Tracey Emin, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But an already classic performer opted for 11 classic gems (and two new tunes), again showcasing her chameleonic tsunami of a voice and innate flair for drama.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024

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