Sentence examples for a dire storm from inspiring English sources

He and the governors issued strong warnings for what turned out to be a dire storm.

— THE NEW YORK TIMES The dire storm surge forecasts have raised the possibility that subway infrastructure will be damaged during the storm.

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.

Sunday's program was better, but a dire weather forecast -- the festival narrowly avoided the storm path -- limited the ticket sales to a little over 5,000.

Now add to that losing your second home when a family member receives a dire medical diagnosis, and on top of that, surviving another super storm, Hurricane Sandy.

Connecticut Light and Power, the state's major utility, posted a dire update on the company's Twitter feed: "Unprecedented damage from this storm.

HONG KONG — A prominent New Zealand economist has set off a storm by suggesting that cats should eventually be eliminated from his country, claiming that they are posing a dire threat to native bird species.

They are under a dire, dire threat.

"That's a dire need".

A dire day.

"It is a dire situation.