Sentence examples for dire at the from inspiring English sources

The problems are even more dire at the state and municipal levels.

Although the cable was fixed without difficulty, "it seemed pretty dire at the time," said Ryan Fauber '15.

He was repeatedly forced to demonstrate to Congress that the economic situation was dire, at the risk of further panicking the markets.

And I want to emphasize that the situation is just as dire at the other end of the employment curve — workers 50 to 64.

While admitting things are pretty dire at the moment, he outlines some of the steps we can take as citizens and within organizations to bridge our differences and find common ground for future governance.

That's a very small portion of grocers nationwide, but the shutdown's impact on SNAP beneficiaries will grow more dire at the end of February, when funding for the program expires.

AP Conditions are dire up at the Park stage; so dire so that wading up the swampy hill feels like a brutal army-training assessment.

An audit released by the comptroller's office in 2003 found that conditions were dire at many of the private apartments that the city had used without a contract, and that some of them were infested by roaches and mold.

Their try-scoring rate, it has to be said, has been fairly dire at times in the past six years, but they've always had the capacity to turn it on as well.

The consequences of doing nothing are dire: at its current level, the income gap "threatens the stability of an economy still struggling to recover".

He said the "dire situation" at the plant was likely to continue for some time.