Sentence examples for dire error from inspiring English sources

It was a dire error on my part to focus on my own responsibilities and leave the economic issues to the ANC's experts.

But in a culture that values hierarchy and respect for authority, this same error could have dire consequences.

Mr. Soros writes that his dire predictions rested on two errors.

Noting that interruptions and distractions are the most common cause of pilot error, the authors wrote, "Dire consequences may occur when the train of thought is broken during crucial tasks".

To leave it now (or at any time) would be a catastrophic error in my opinion, with dire consequences for succeeding generations in addition to being both unimaginative and irresponsible.

The joke was on him, a reference to the dire comments he made after he made another throwing error on Wednesday night.

Mr. Cannon, along with a number of conservative theorists, contend that spending on unneeded procedures, medical errors and hospital infections is a more dire problem than the cost of caring for the uninsured.

The penalties for error or missed deadlines are known to be dire.

But for ordinary mortals, mini-Windows is still Windows, complete with dire warnings not to move or delete certain files and user-hostile error messages ("Cannot open help file 'msreader.htm#Main-Contents' ").

Those with less dire problems, among whom I number myself, can use trial-and-error to determine what napping coordinates work best for them.

Indeed, the dire shortage of such computing talent is one of the reasons why the error crept into OpenSSL in the first place and why it went undetected for two years.