How to Use tsunami in a Sentence

tsunami

noun
  • That's the change in my life from the tsunami.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
  • Many people who left their homes feared a tsunami.
    — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • There’s such a tsunami of stuff coming at us all the time.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • When the biggest name in the sport jumps teams, a tsunami hits.
    — Olivia Hicks, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
  • There is no threat of a tsunami from the earthquake at this time.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 8 June 2026
  • Where did the highest tsunami take place?
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • What's the largest tsunami in the US?
    — James Powel, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • His wife, who had been with him when the tsunami struck, was still missing.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • All of this will push you out of your comfort zone with the force of a tsunami.
    — Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026
  • The ring shape also protects it from the threat of a tsunami.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
  • What happens if or when there is a big earthquake or tsunami?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • The idea was that the leg was presumably washed away in the tsunami.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The tariff tsunami is on the horizon, but has yet to come ashore!
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Being able to drop a seed on the north side of the lake and see a tsunami on the south side.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • More than 250 people were killed by the quake and the tsunami.
    — CBS News, 22 July 2020
  • The tsunami churned up elements such as iron and brought them to the surface.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The full effects of this tsunami are just emerging and could have a large impact.
    — Nick Boniakowski, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The earthquake was followed by a tsunami and fires that destroyed much of the city.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • On my first day, there was an earthquake in Tokyo with a tsunami warning.
    — David Qu, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • His tsunami of lies about the virus confused and misled people.
    — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 4 July 2021
  • As of Thursday, though, the tsunami fears had started to fade.
    — Lincoln Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The agency said there was no tsunami danger linked to the earthquake.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026
  • On the screen, a coastal map of Japan showed red urgent warning signs about a tsunami.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • As the tsunami progressed, the rocks scraped along solid ground beneath.
    — Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
  • There was no tsunami warning issued.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There was no tsunami threat reported.
    — Shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The findings mark a turning point in tsunami science.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Officials confirmed there was no threat of a tsunami.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

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