Sentence examples for dreadful threat from inspiring English sources

For the time being, however, the parties are preparing for battle, not discussing peace terms.Though both sides agree that the deficit poses a dreadful threat to America's long-run economic health, the Democrats remain wedded to spending and the Republicans allergic to tax, so nothing happens.

It presents an unacceptable hazard for workers in the industry, it presents an unacceptable risk to the future and well-being of our indigenous communities, and it presents a dreadful threat to our environment in Western Australia". For decades, uranium mining has been a touchy subject for Aboriginal people.

They also steal huge vessels such as oil tankers, worth millions of pounds, and whose cargo if not protected poses a dreadful threat to the environment.' Pirates work mainly from wretched places of the earth - Somalia in the Horn of Africa, west Africa, Bangladesh, and Indonesia - using speed boats capable of 30 knots to overtake ships going half as fast.

This much effort can have been called for only in the face of really dreadful threats.

But John Deighan, the chief executive of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) Scotland, said the move could mark "a return to the days of back street abortions with no medical oversight and dreadful threats to women's health".

Jockeys are spectacular athletes and compete bravely under the perpetual threat of dreadful injury.

Mr Abse has tweaked the curtain of history with his account of repeated attempts at blackmail, of one threat so dreadful that Thomas had to borrow £800 to resettle the blackmailer in Australia, of the pitiful shame of venereal disease.

Even if you give our leaders passing marks (or the benefit of the doubt) for dealing with the actual threat, they have been dreadful at dealing with the fear of the threat.

18 1 The tenth of January, a day of heavy rain, was made dreadful by thunder, lightning, and unusual threats from heaven.

Neil Lennon has insisted there is no chance of Celtic underestimating the threat of Milan despite the Italians' dreadful form going into the Champions League tie.

With the increasing use of personal mobile devices and the trending adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices, this threat has become even more versatile and dreadful as it could hide behind the users' typical and daily Internet activities.