Sentence examples for ominous estimates from inspiring English sources
After days of vague but ominous estimates, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced in the late morning that 4,763 people were believed missing in the trade center rubble, bringing the possible death toll in the coordinated attacks to nearly 5,000 -- more than double the 2,390 Americans lost at Pearl Harbor.
One ominous estimate looms over the rescue effort: 1,253 people had not been accounted for as of Sunday evening, a shifting tally that has grown as flooding has persisted.
Travel industry officials had less ominous numbers, with AAA estimating that overall long-distance travel would decline by only 6percentt over a year ago.
But beneath all the bling — the glossy catalogs brimming with lavish illustrations, the extravagant parties to lure rich collectors, the impressive exhibitions of the art and the optimistically high estimates — lurks an ominous question.
The diagnosis of brain metastases is particularly ominous with a median survival estimated at 4 months from the time of diagnosis 6. Historically, conventional treatment for brain metastases has been surgical resection and whole brain radiation (WBR) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), but these treatment options have achieved limited success.
One estimate, 180,000 in 2010, sounds ominous indeed, but in fact the sheer number shows that the dissent is not organized and has not (yet) coalesced into something that can threaten the state.
More ominous, perhaps, is the fact that in the first quarter of this year, estimated income-tax payments plunged by almost 40percentt, according to the city comptroller's office.
We've had some ominous headlines lately, and a conspicuous correction, but thus far earnings estimates continue to chart the upward course that took hold in mid-2009.
He has ominous news for the sheikh's countrymen: Iraq's real recoverable oil reserves could be double today's estimate.
