Sentence examples for potentially horrendous consequences from inspiring English sources

President John F. Kennedy could have justified a military attack on Soviet bases in Cuba, with potentially horrendous consequences, but he found a creative way to exert American power to protect our security -- a naval blockade -- without initiating a war.

One misstep, and the whole breaks down, with potentially dire consequences.

He delivered a strong warning of the potentially dire consequences of an Israeli strike.

In some of his strongest language on the issue to date, Cable said an in/out referendum had "potentially horrendous" implications, causing "years of uncertainty" for businesses.

And that decertification carries horrendous consequences.

An undesirable effect, because it has such horrendous consequences in Chabrol-world.

Wise raises the possibility that the Cassidy deception operation backfired with horrendous consequences.

So a war of attrition, fought partly by proxies, looks set to grind on, with horrendous consequences.

"Because it's not new anymore, and that's a gateway to potentially horrendous aspects of the world.

Orwell imagined a huge change in the future with horrendous consequences for everyone; I tried to imagine a small change in the past with horrendous consequences for a relative few.

Fazal ends up working for a local drug lord because he needs to feed his family, and suffers horrendous consequences.