dire warning
Frequency: 6.45.8 per million words
Refers to a situation of extreme and immediate danger.
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Examples (20)
- Scientists issued a dire warning about the consequences of climate change.
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.
- Despite the dire warning from the weather service, many people refused to evacuate.
- The report issued a dire warning regarding climate change.
- The report contained a dire warning that the company was on the brink of collapse.
- Experts delivered a dire warning about the impending economic crisis.
- He ignored his doctor's dire warning and continued his unhealthy lifestyle.
- Despite the dire warnings, many ignored the evacuation order.
- The intelligence agency gave a dire warning of an imminent terrorist attack.
- The doctor gave him a dire warning about his unhealthy lifestyle.
- The ancient prophecy was seen as a dire warning to future generations.
- Prophets often deliver dire warnings of future calamities.
- A dire warning has been issued about the rapid depletion of natural resources.
- His failure to heed the dire warnings led to severe consequences.
- The flashing red light served as a dire warning of the system's critical failure.
- The government received dire warnings of a potential terrorist attack.
- The novelist's book is a dire warning against the dangers of unchecked technology.
- Environmentalists have been sounding dire warnings about deforestation for decades.
- They received a dire warning not to enter the abandoned mine due to the risk of collapse.
- The sudden drop in sales served as a dire warning to the company.