Sentence examples for ominous proportion from inspiring English sources
Female infanticide and female circumcision contribute to a small but ominous proportion of child mortality [ 2].
GII may cause child mortality in one of the following direct pathways, Female infanticide and female circumcision contribute to a small but ominous proportion of child mortality [ 2 ].
The author of "The Corrections" is back, not quite a decade later, with an even richer and deeper work — a vividly realized narrative set during the Bush years, when the creedal legacy of "personal liberties" assumed new and sometimes ominous proportions.
But it was always in hushed tones: "Did you hear so-and-so died from a blowfish dinner last week?" So, for me, fugu took on ominous proportions early.
Leading the field was the tabloid Bild, hammering home the alarming message that: "The Greeks want even more of our billions!" The headline is crowned by the ominous figure: "25,000,000,000 euro!", the proportion of the bailout package Germany can expect to pay.
It also frames 1 World Trade, a building that can, depending on the angle and light and weather, look a little too shiny, or oddly proportioned, or just plain ominous.
