Sentence examples for be a gross miscalculation from inspiring English sources

Besides, expecting pop music's largely youthful audience to pay hundreds of dollars a year may be a gross miscalculation of their disposable income.

During a visit to Stockholm, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said it would be a "gross miscalculation" by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to back out of peace talks brokered by Washington and Moscow, saying without elaboration that such a move would prompt additional aid for rebel forces.

That photo's not a gross miscalculation; it's the picture of Dorian Gray in reverse.

Perhaps this is all the result of a gross miscalculation on the part of China.

"This was a complete miscalculation.

Anyway, that maths – a gross miscalculation, it turns out.

Finally, a gross miscalculation brought the ships to Matagorda Bay in Texas, 500 miles west of their intended landfall.

Mr. Hussein never acknowledged making a gross miscalculation; rather, he vilified the Iranian Arabs as traitors to the Arab cause.

What a gross miscalculation of the aftermath.

The Nobel Prize Committee has made a gross miscalculation in awarding the Nobel Prize to President Obama.

It was a gross injustice.