Sentence examples for threaten confidence from inspiring English sources

More subtly, attacks on national potential also threaten confidence in "my own greatness".

"All of this threatens confidence in the dollar at home and abroad, leading to the risk of bringing on a worldwide depression," he warned.

He was answering Democratic Unionist William McCrea who said the meat revelations threatened "confidence in the safety of the food we eat" as he called for criminal prosecutions.

For example, the discovery of the degree of complexity of FoF challenged expectations that the CBTi could be delivered by non-specialist staff, which in turn threatened confidence that the CBTi would be implementable on a larger scale in 'the real world'.

It could threaten public confidence in growth-boosting policies like free trade, reckons Dani Rodrik, of the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton.

But this process is too big and important to threaten the confidence of those who have invested in it by further delay.

Several of the chief justices call the conference a response to growing concerns about the million-dollar war chests, attack advertising and even outright distortion of an opponent's record that seem to have become more widespread in judicial races this year and threaten public confidence in the courts.

When I lost all of my hair, it was difficult to adjust to being bald, but what proved to threaten my confidence even more was the loss of my eyebrows and eyelashes.

Environmental contamination with potentially live variola virus recovered from historical relics could threaten our confidence that the disease has been eradicated.

As opposition to the Afghanistan war grows, our very confidence that we can "win" dims, threatening our confidence in military might and a history of prosecuting wars that win territories and hearts and minds.

This is dangerous and threatens consumer confidence in the industry.