Sentence examples for a dire step from inspiring English sources

On behalf of a historic and moral imperative to prevent humanity from taking a dire step backward.

It was lonely and chaotic, a terrible step down from normal-town life, and the roosters were its demonic outgrowths somehow, channeling its direst energies.

Youngtown joins other cities and counties contemplating dire steps to deal with high unemployment, rising demand for social services and flagging state and federal support.

"I'm not a quitter," he said, noting that the troops under his command do not have the option of walking off the job, and that a general should take such a step only in a "dire" situation.

Perhaps the most important reason that so many people were kept out of harm's way was the Storm Prediction Center's unusual step of issuing a dire warning days ahead of the storm.

The more draconian steps sound like overkill without a dire threat.

These steps should only be attempted in a dire emergency.

Failure to do so would entail a dire misjudgment of economic reality and could be a significant step toward the fatal weakening of the euro.

Although the news marks a positive step in protecting CAR's children, the country remains in a dire state of need.

"That's a dire need".

They are under a dire, dire threat.