Sentence examples for severe misstep from inspiring English sources

Even though Mr. Xi is almost certain to get the top leadership job, he may forfeit his chance if he makes a severe misstep.

David Patrick Columbia, who chronicles the upper class on NewYorkSocialDiary.com, said that Mrs. Grey "seems to have made a severe misstep" with the video.

His sound effects are exquisite: the clusters of consonants (hard "c s, then "b"s and "p"s) and the vowels so open you could fall into them, the magisterial cresting syntax, the brilliant coupling of unlike words ("iceberg-Golgotha"). Occasionally, a severe misstep ("boning burlesque in the bower") undermines, by its clumsiness, the classicism that surrounds it.

Despite some severe missteps, we have in 10 years degraded Al Qaeda's capabilities to the point that they are having difficulty mounting attacks against significant targets.

The framework may shed light on the severe missteps of the US in 2003 regarding messaging the Iraq War, in addition to clarifying how high-level meetings among high-democracy Latin American countries differ in terms of remarks.

At the time, however, it was considered a disaster: poor reviews, especially in the US, and a general inability to see past the with-it celebrity personas of Stamp and Christie, translated into underwhelming box-office and a severe career misstep for its director, John Schlesinger.

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As the SpaceX catastrophe of last summer showed, once misstep can cause severe delays, and one report already suggests that the NASA-crewed flight might not happen on time.

Sexual indiscretions, regrettable financial missteps, or just severe lapses in judgement we all have at least one gnarly secret buried deep down in the depths of our souls, things we'd die of embarrassment if our loved ones found out.

"Collect toenail clippings in a jar". Sexual indiscretions, regrettable financial missteps, or just severe lapses in judgement we all have at least one gnarly secret buried deep down in the depths of our souls, things we'd die of embarrassment if our loved ones found out.

Lucent has been losing billions of dollars each year and has cut about 75percentt of its work force because of a severe industry slump and serious business missteps.