Sentence examples for a default would be from inspiring English sources

Ringing in their ears are dire warnings from the guardians of the nation's financial well-being - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said only last week that a default would be "calamitous".

Economists say a default would be catastrophic.

The repercussions of a default would be hard to predict.

"A default would be an ever bigger damage".

"A default would be much more expensive," he said.

They were betting that a default would be more painful to me than to them.

America also wants a solution; a Greek default would be "disastrous for us," Barack Obama has said.So the EU will, as ever, muddle through.

A real default would be an unprecedented event in American history -- and a terrifying event for global financial markets.

A U.S. default would be a real tragedy and is entirely avoidable.

The idea is to make sure they do not end up as the ones being scalped.Even with collateral, sorting out a counterparty default would be a nightmare.

According to my friend, Bruce Bartlett, a highly informed, if jaundiced, observer, some "conservatives" (in truth, extreme radicals) think a federal default would be an effective way to bring public spending they detest under control [emphasis added].