They batter their silver and gold upon the bar; they command inoffensive strangers to drink monstrous potations; they ply their feet in unconscious single-steps; they forget they have not touched the last glass, and order more; they put cataclysmal questions to the blushing lassie who serves them; they embrace one another repeatedly with maudlin affection, and are finally ejected by main force from the premises.
"An Ocean Tramp"
William McFee
Nothing short of the cataclysmal end of the world could have provided drama to match the stupendous stage-setting of that stormy sky.
"October Vagabonds"
Richard Le Gallienne
But I doubt it, especially if the thing outside is some great event, something cataclysmal, like this tremendous sorrow of Dryfoos's."
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells