Sentence examples similar to a dire requirement from inspiring English sources

Impeachment is almost becoming a dire necessity.

In 2012, when California was in a dire budget crisis, voters passed a critical ballot initiative undoing the state's requirement of a two-thirds supermajority vote in the legislature to raise taxes.

"That's a dire need".

They are under a dire, dire threat.

"It is a dire situation.

Davis faced a dire crisis.

A dire day.

"The state is in a dire situation.

These changes had a dire effect.

It's a dire situation.

But hospital sources paint a dire picture.