The phrase "are often dire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe situations or conditions that are frequently severe or serious in nature.
Example: "The consequences of ignoring climate change are often dire, affecting ecosystems and human populations alike."
Alternatives: "are frequently severe" or "are commonly grave".
They affect just over 1% of abortions though the circumstances of these abortions are often dire, as most fetal abnormalities are only detectable at 20 weeks, according to Planned Parenthood, a group that provides contraception and abortions.Since 2010, when Republicans gained control of most state legislatures, curbs on abortion have proliferated.
While their intentions may be good, the consequences, as many municipal networks have found, are often dire when government gets into the broadband business.
His choice and treatment of advisers were often dire.
Germany, where service in shops is often dire, has been particularly obdurate.
We knew that their relationship, particularly after 2004, was often dire.
The forecast is often dire, with population growth eventually overwhelming available resources and the resilience of key ecosystems.
The effect on standards was often dire; something both stubborn and slipshod, enshrined in the act, persisted for decades in the British film industry, and it reflected a prevailing prejudice that the cinema, being a cheap and fleeting diversion, was not a serious business, still less a respectable profession.
In those who do, the disease is often dire, destroying large tracts of lung tissue and killing 2 million people annually.
But for the 10,000 Haitian and Dominican residents Lilo says live and work in the town's work camps, called bateyes, the situation is often dire.
Her patients are often in dire condition, the victims of malnourishment, anemia, septicemia and poverty.
And sometimes much is made of the vast differences between those readings and China's own official ones, which are often less dire.
