Sentence examples for dreadful warning from inspiring English sources

The story of Allianz, a big insurance company which bought Dresdner Bank in 2001, serves as a dreadful warning.

Although his father's fate must have been a dreadful warning, Kureishi looked to literature for self-enlightenment and self-advancement.

A show that asks "Where is love?" turns out also to be a dreadful warning against it.

If Japan tackles its demographic problems swiftly, it has a chance of being a model of how to deal with ageing, rather than a dreadful warning.

If I weren't so ashamed of it I'd suggest someone publish it as a dreadful warning to young writers who want to be the next James Joyce.

The Srebrenica massacre offers a dreadful warning of the dangers of a "realist" foreign policy that ignores the fundamental values holding liberal democracies together.

David James has launched a scathing attack on Adidas's Jabulani World Cup ball, branding it "dreadful" and warning that some goalkeepers will be made to look "daft" by its movement in the air over the course of the tournament.

Responding to today's committee vote, Jim Killock, executive director of digital rights group, the Open Rights Group, attacked what he dubbed a "dreadful law", warning it would have a chilling effect on freedom of expression online.

"It was dreadful – we had two hours warning before the water hit, but were out at the time," Tim says.

The early-warning signal is a dreadful smell.

There will also be no cigars for Serco's Churchillian boss Rupert Soames after a profit warning in December capped a dreadful 12 months.