Sentence examples for by grossly from inspiring English sources

The answer: the recession of 2008-09, triggered by grossly irresponsible behaviour in the banking sector.

Problems raised by grossly malapportioned state legislatures were viewed as political questions not subject to constitutional measure.

"When we looked further, we found lies to investors and the firm's auditors as well as a scheme to inflate fees by grossly overvaluing fund assets".

I'm tired of hearing about employees losing their jobs or being expected to take pay cuts to make up for losses caused by bad decisions made by grossly overpaid execs.

During the 1980s, "a significant number of police officers in that squad, some of whom rose to very senior rank, behaved outrageously, and in particular extracted confessions by grossly improper means, amounting in some cases to torture.

From September 1996 to January 2000, Mr. Berger raised more than $593 million from about 280 investors by "grossly overstating" the investment performance and market value of the fund's holdings, the S.E.C. said.

Lured by the grossly inflated prices the federal government offered, fortune hunters flooded into the Rockies.

Sentencing the pair, the recorder Mark Dennis highlighted the harm done by their "grossly degrading and cruel behaviour".

Senator Russell D. Feingold, the progressive Wisconsin Democrat, is outraged by the "grossly irresponsible financial activities" of Mr. Bernanke's Fed.

Miranda, meanwhile, seems desperate to establish any sort of personal flair by wearing grossly oversize earrings, one pair dangling like ninja stars, another like serving spoons.

By adopting grossly unrealistic return assumptions, many companies have grabbed pension "profits" that might never materialise and will have to be written off eventually (see article).