Sentence examples for A dire problem from inspiring English sources

It is Apollo's intimate parts that, in Khudyakov's opinion, pose a dire problem.

This is a dire problem when summer temperatures soar to 50°C (122°F) in the shade.While pushing more than 1m Iraqis to emigrate, sanctions have increased the reliance on the state of those left behind.

The article "Someone to Watch Over Baby" (March 16) drew attention to a dire problem that needs addressing at the highest level in this nation: adequate, affordable and accessible child care.

Indeed battery life in particular seems to be a dire problem for many.

Nevertheless, decades before space junk became a dire problem, NASA's astronauts had some serious issues navigating moon rocks.

But it's impossible for the budget deficit to be a dire problem when Treasury securities to carry "no-risk".

Mr. Cannon, along with a number of conservative theorists, contend that spending on unneeded procedures, medical errors and hospital infections is a more dire problem than the cost of caring for the uninsured.

Or were they canny solutions to an increasingly dire problem?

Or just a backward island with a bad power grid that has to solve its own problems, even when the most dire problem — a Category 4 hurricane — was totally out of its control?

Groundwater contamination is a real and sometimes dire problem for people who rely on drinking water wells and live near a pollutant source.

Just look at the debate over climate change, a much direr problem without an agreement on a global solution or even a basic set of standards.