Sentence examples for dire call from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, he received a dire call from his brother, who at that very moment was hiding in a forest on the outskirts of the valley's largest city, Mingora, with their 97-year-old father.

Whitney's dire call would represent nearly 10% of the market in default and lacks any historical precedent.

What will we do about the next dire call by the health insurance industry about the "death spiral?

"These dire circumstances call for a more robust international response," they added.

We are at an historic moment for the Games, and dire times call for courageous measures.

The dire times call for government action to stop a financial disaster becoming a major economic slump.

Such dire times call for strong leadership that's willing to take action and capable of driving change.

The dire situation calls for Mr. Arafat's immediate retirement.

They described Zimbabwe's state as "dire" and called for the results to be published at once.

The mayor's short-term forecast was more dire: It called for a 7.5percentt decrease in the gross city product this year and an additional 1.3percentt shrinkage in 2009.

At the voir dire hearing, called for by the defense, it was shown that, some four months prior to the trial, the prosecutor was in touch with Amy Isaacs and discussed with her Anita's whereabouts.