Sentence examples for a dire position from inspiring English sources

Given that you have your fingers crossed, is the economy still in a dire position?

Menzies Campbell is in a dire position, the Lib Dems having lost hundreds of seats.

Tonight could reverse that perception and put Mr. Gingrich in a dire position, possibly to Mr. Santorum's benefit.

Every now and again, a fighter will pull off a miraculous victory from such a dire position.

Certainly whoever loses the Jets-Dolphins game on Sunday at Giants Stadium will be left in a dire position at 0-2 in the American Football Conference East.

"The budget's in a dire position, the budget deficit in the government's own budget papers increases from $17.1bn to $35bn over the forward estimates, even with this $3bn saving being banked," he told Sky News on Saturday morning.

The violence left the Brotherhood in an increasingly dire position, facing the prospect of a ban of the kind it suffered before the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.

"It is a dire situation.

"The state is in a dire situation.

It's a dire situation.

This is a dire situation".