Sentence examples for A dire concern from inspiring English sources

Even a hard-nosed realist should regard corruption as a dire concern, she maintains, because it is not merely a matter of the rule of law and democratic principles — it is "a matter of national security".

"With the recent events of a young man killed by the police in New York City and with Trayvon Martin and with all the other African-American young men that have been killed by police officers … this is a dire concern to the NAACP, especially our local organization," Gaskin said.

Or if a soldier was shot in the arm and blood loss was a dire concern, the material could tighten and constrict blood flow around the wound to form a tourniquet.

The humanitarian situation had become a dire concern of the highest priority.

"With the recent events of a young man killed by the police in New York City and with Trayvon Martin and with all the other African-American young men that have been killed by police officers... this is a dire concern to the NAACP, especially our local organization," Gaskin said.

This is a particularly dire concern for the 50 million impoverished rural households who rely on the payments from India's federal workfare program, based on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA.

But Trump has made the issue a top and contentious priority, framing it as a dire security concern and using language far more volatile than his predecessors.

I was a tad confused by the Jan . 23letter of dire concern from the Feminist Press regarding the use of your reporter's word "confessional" in the recent article about Flavia Alaya's book "Under the Rose: A Confession," about Ms. Alaya's 20-year relationship with a Roman Catholic priest.

He was clearly rattled by the atmospherics, but of more dire concern was the man across the net.

Instead, when Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant make their annual trip to Madison Square Garden today -- and the Los Angeles Lakers seek the championship chemistry of last season -- West, the former team president, will be at home, watching with interest more than dire concern.

(Unrelated, but also of note from Nadal's memoir: "I find myself taking a lot of pees nervous pees just before a game, sometimes five or six in that final hour"). He was clearly rattled by the atmospherics, but of more dire concern was the man across the net.