Sentence examples similar to dire communication straits from inspiring English sources

John R. Harris, a Canadian speechwriter who is based in Chiba, a Tokyo suburb, and who has worked with Japanese politicians, says he knows a good deal about the dire straits of political communication in Japan.

But can a community in such dire straits survive?

EUROPE is in dire economic straits.

Vera, in dire financial straits, faces horrific hospital bills.

Before long, others were in dire financial straits.

Teens in the United States are in dire psychological straits.

Feb. 27, 2014: Ukraine's 'February Revolution' is threatened by the nation's dire economic straits.

Oil's plunge has left many of them in dire fiscal straits.

Rather, it stems from the states' dire fiscal straits in the aftermath of the recession.

Suddenly, Scranton, which has been in dire fiscal straits for years, was a pariah.

But leaders of institutions in dire financial straits say they are worried about more immediate crises.