Sentence examples for Less dire from inspiring English sources

Gish's situation was less dire.

The situation in Mobile is less dire.

Brown's medical condition was considered less dire.

Flash-forward to my later, arithmetically less dire financial downturn.

And the potential consequences  appear less dire, too.

Exclude construction, and the picture becomes less dire.

The more immediate concerns tend to be less dire.

And, in times less dire than these, perhaps even true.

This suggested perhaps a slightly less dire climate situation.

However, the headline turned less dire upon closer inspection.

The truth, of course, was much less dire.