Sentence examples for a dire pattern from inspiring English sources

There has been a dire pattern of abuses: in December 2007, more than 100 UN soldiers from Sri Lanka were deported under charges of sexual abuse of under-age girls.

But I found this section an attempt to explain why America spent all that money particularly interesting:[A] most common misjudgment has been to embrace extreme events as harbingers presaging a dire departure from historical patterns.

In another underwear-clad photo (zebra-patterned this time), she sits on a chair, legs akimbo, staring into the camera with a dire expression.

"That's a dire need".

"It is a dire situation.

Davis faced a dire crisis.

They are under a dire, dire threat.

A dire day.

"The state is in a dire situation.

These changes had a dire effect.

But hospital sources paint a dire picture.