Sentence examples for considered dire from inspiring English sources

During the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry's Purple Hearts, awarded for his service in Vietnam, were labeled by his opponents "purple owies" because the wounds he suffered were not considered dire enough.

Even then, it can take more than a year to revoke a liquor license if the threat to the public is not considered dire, like violent crime or drug dealing, Mr. Jones said.

For veterinarian-scientists, the situation is considered dire.

Today, the plight of most of the 6 million people who live in or near contaminated areas is not considered dire enough to warrant evacuation.

Israel and its friends in Congress are considering dire retaliation, including cutting off financial aid and tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.

What happened to her is not pretty, we belatedly discover, so not pretty that the author is forced to consider dire problems of social etiquette.

Still, the consequences of a disorderly default are considered so dire that Athens has cards to play, too.

Cooling had failed at three reactors at a nuclear complex nearby, Fukushima Daini, although he said conditions there were considered less dire for now.

The corruption of the investigation and the ensuing trial was considered so dire that Spain and the United Nations Human Rights Committee agreed to take action.

The blight was considered so dire, so irredeemable, that the city's top housing official once suggested that the South Bronx be abandoned.

The divide was considered so dire a decade ago that scholars, philanthropists and even President Bill Clinton in his 1996 State of the Union address fretted over just what the gap would mean in lost educational and employment opportunities for young people who were not wired.