Sentence examples for dire assessment from inspiring English sources

They all eventually reached the same dire assessment.

The speech, entitled "The Tragedy of Today's Gays," began with a dire assessment of the Presidential election.

That was because of a dire assessment by its auditors, KPMG, that the airline's future was in question.

Their findings included a much more dire assessment of Iraq's dilapidated electrical and water systems than many Pentagon officials assumed.

A specialist in guerrilla warfare, David Kilcullen, who advised Gen. David H. Petraeus when General Petraeus was the American commander in Iraq, offered a more dire assessment.

The dire assessment of the reef's health comes as the Australian government is due to report to Unesco's world heritage committee on its handling of the reef.

Others offered more dire assessments.

The escalating attack drew dire assessments elsewhere.

Last week, the Washington Post reported that Obama "had been flooded with dire assessments" on the worsening situation in Afghanistan.

The numbers may be smaller, but the dire assessments have turned out to be overblown, at least for now.

And like most dire assessments of the schools, the claim is a preamble for a reform initiative.