Sentences with phrase «as ominous»

However, some of the trends that investors might think of as ominous, such as the closing of several prominent chain stores, could help the industry in the long run, say some analysts.

People engaged in politics may see the election of a new president as an ominous sign that their very way of life is in danger.

As ominous as this sounds, there are key steps you and your partner can take to maintain a happy remarriage.

That could be as innocuous — but creepy — as ominous voices or wailing ghosts, or have more nefarious intent.

OSHA is often portrayed as the ominous government entity that regulates safety and imposes a lot of «rules» in the process.

I can't help but see Dan Rather's departure as an ominous portent for the future of CBS News and all broadcast news, especially given the pop - culture celebrity who soon will take his former anchor seat.

The giant holes in Siberia serve as an ominous sign.

The statement could be viewed as an ominous warning that some Big Green groups are prepared to follow the same course that they did during the debate over Waxman - Markey, the House climate and energy bill that passed last year — compromise early and often to get a bill, seemingly any bill, passed.

While bending over backwards to stress that, due to natural variation, a single data point that is not as ominous as it could have been in an ideal world does not mean there's nothing to worry about, the BBC is entirely reliant on ignoring that very same natural variation in order write something — anything — about the latest installment from the NSIDC.

Because none of the developed countries were willing to make emissions reduction commitments congruent with what scientific community said was necessary to protect them, some of the most vulnerable developing countries saw the developed countries» positions in Copenhagen as ominous, perhaps a death sentence.

Though clearly a training site, this reconstructed Middle Eastern landscape functions as an ominous reminder of the conflict to come.

A set for George Balanchine appears here as an ominous work of art.

Death is here, more intimately for we who are older, but not as ominous when we can embrace every moment, every memory.

But that's not as ominous as it sounds.

It's a combined arms game, where you can dabble in commanding tanks, scurry around as infantry, or patrol the skies as an ominous drone.

I'm definitely not as ominous as my job title makes me sound.

Unbeknownst to Gaara, Tsunade, and the ninja participating, there is danger on the horizon as an ominous figure approaches from the shadows.

The camera pans up to a bonfire smoldering in the dark of night as an ominous and familiar score rises.

As an ominous power threatens the fabric of reality, a young man chosen by destiny must arise to face a phenomenon never seen before.

As an ominous power threatens the fabric of reality itself, players must join Kanata and restore the disappearing world around them from being forgotten.

As an ominous power threatens the fabric of reality itself, Kanata and his friends must restore the disappearing world around them from being forgotten.

What with SEGA's widely documented troubles as well as the ominous shutting down of the various official Virtual On websites, it looks like this might be the end for the hugely influential mecha gaming series.

As ominous as it sounds, there is a place along the Barrier Reef that is known as Shark Ray Alley.

This is why, as ominous as the appraisal process might seem, home buyers should see it as a safety measure that keeps them from entering a bad deal.

Or to put it another way, why end up with a stunted nest egg at retirement to insulate yourself from a threat that, viewed over a time horizon of 30 or 40 years, isn't as ominous as it may seem?

The significant growth can be translated as ominous gloom for small publishers when the raw costs increased but there were risk factors to hamper the overall growth.

I used Fiverr to find the images and worked to make it look as ominous and mysterious as I could.

Then, of course, don't forget the new infotainment system, the Human - Machine Interface (which will almost definitely not be as ominous as the name suggests).

The committee recommended that the department «impose mandatory reforms to disciplinary policies for schools that demonstrate significant disparities in disciplinary actions on the basis of race, color, or disability,» but that's not as ominous as it might seem.

A researcher for Avalon, the titan cosmetics corporation whose marketing presence among Paris» skyline is soon established as ominous, Ilona's disappearance is assigned to Barthelemy Karas (Daniel Craig, the current James Bond), a serious commanding officer of a police task force.

The movie plays out in complex chronology, as ominous moments of child rearing alternate with nightmarish scenes from a red - hued aftermath.

As an ominous storm brews outside, trapping the pair on the island, they must join forces to survive a harrowing night of terror, while navigating the mounting attraction growing between them.

Just as you're savoring the hint of an ethically compromised, eye - patched Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), along comes the film's secret weapon: Robert Redford plays against lefty type as an ominous high - ranking official thrilled by his new toys.

It starts out as an ominous thriller about a young programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) orbiting a charismatic Dr. Frankenstein - type (Oscar Isaac) and slowly learning that the scientist's zeal to create artificial intelligence has a troubling, even sickening personal agenda.

The picture wanders a bit, but every so often the master unleashes something very cool — such as an ominous birdcage looming in the foreground — that snaps us back in.

In the middle of the day, it's not anywhere near as ominous.

Driving the mayhem, as usual, are the Decepticons with Megatron (Hugo Weaving sounding as ominous as ever) plotting a comeback coup after that embarrassing setback in 2009's «Revenge of the Fallen.»

This mistake rattled over one million people as the ominous message was spewed out over social media.

But ethical problems surrounding this testing are as ominous as the diseases themselves

«The threat of climate change is as ominous as ever, its effects are as tangible as ever,» Kerry said at an Arctic Council meeting in Sweden in 2013, noting significant common desires among all eight Arctic nations.

The dangers are as ominous as the name.

The towering Swede has not been in quite as ominous form this season, but the goals are still flying in.

Her rhetorical style is decidedly not up to Trump's zany standard, but on this day it matched the U.S. president's manner of threat - making that is as ominous as it is vague, and subject to change according to the political whims, or winds.

Apple shares have fallen 7 % in the past nine trading days as ominous signals from iPhone suppliers cast a shadow over the world's most - valuable publicly traded company.

Not exact matches

A leading indicator for stocks just entered a death cross, but the ominous signal might not be as scary as it's cracked up to be.

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«Being stared at by a stranger who appears large or ominous can be seen as a threat and elicit a fear response... However, the gaze of a potential sexual partner causes arousal that can be interpreted positively — as a sexual invitation.»

As part of its turn rightward, the NRA has developed its own media profile led by spokeswoman Dana Loesch, who stars in videos that present an ominous view of an America engulfed in a barely contained conflict that threatens to explode into violence.

When you are as large and all - encompassing as Facebook, even something that seems like a gesture of friendship can take on a much more ominous tone.

As he bounces along from idea to idea, all the while salting his sentences with ominous facts about the energy problem, I can't help wondering if he isn't going to give himself a crisis of conscience.