court disaster
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, said that this approach would court disaster.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 31, 2019
German diplomats warn that redrawing boundaries in a region still reeling from war would court disaster.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2019
To tell the truth would be to court disaster: a probable break-up, plus the risk of a permanent rift between father and daughter and father and wife.
From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2019
Their message, like Jones’s, is that Alabamians court disaster if they do not vote.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017
A sudden blow may snatch safety under such conditions; but to attempt the slow and graduated movements of a siege, with uncertain communications supporting it, is to court disaster.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
