Sentence examples for dire actions from inspiring English sources

"Newsrooms regularly receive messages from people threatening dire actions unless their demands are met," Mr. Sulzberger said.

One day he would lament that he was too old for the long hours required of a President and too poor to fund the campaign; the next day he would muse about the dire actions he would take if elected.

These deeper learning ideas can be reasonably implemented without resorting to the more dire actions struggling businesses take, like closing operations, cutting headcount or reducing salaries.

Todd Rosenthal's enticing design for August: Osage County frames the dire action of a family reunion in a cute Oklahoma homestead that looks like a child's drawing: steep gables, white beams, rooms made for eavesdropping.

This year, a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing at which legislators sought no facts but instead threatened dire action if the chairman of the financial accounting board did not promptly make it easier for banks to ignore market values of the toxic securities they owned.

To alleviate these dire forecasts, action must be taken to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, Ault and Prein agreed.

The prognosis for people near coastlines and waterways is particularly dire without decisive actions that capitalize on shared strengths such as ecosystems.

SALT LAKE CITY — Tim DeChristopher became convinced last year that global warming's potential effects were so urgent and dire that direct action was needed.

The analysis revealed an overwhelming agreement among stakeholders regarding the dire need for immediate actions in order to preserve and enhance Vosvozis ecosystem.

In an interview with selected European newspapers, including Die Zeit, Libération and the Guardian, in Washington yesterday, Mr Powell - who will travel on with Mr Bush to Russia, France and Italy - repeatedly voiced impatience at Europe's predictions of the dire consequences of American actions, which he argued had not been borne out by events.

Still other scriptures narrate that Kamadhenu was in the possession of either Jamadagni or Vashista (both ancient sages), and that kings who tried to steal her from the sage ultimately faced dire consequences for their actions.