Sentence examples for dire concerns from inspiring English sources

But it is easy to forget about dire concerns once they have dissipated.

That number could not be confirmed and there were dire concerns that violence would spread as the import of the army announcement sinks in.

"We have dire concerns about how AB 32 is being implemented and the drastic effect it will have on our small business owners," said Julian Canete, chief executive of the group.

In interviews, they express the same dire concerns: playing professional jai alai has lost its sheen, and the fast-paced game, once an attraction to aspiring athletes and thousands of fans across the country, is flirting with extinction.

Because Canada isn't inspecting all trans-shipped goods bound for the United States, there are dire concerns that international opioid smugglers could disguise their narcotics as prescription drug packages.

The coalition sent reporters a news release yesterday reiterating its requests to have the council and Nielsen release the audit, citing the details of the executive summary as reported in The Los Angeles Times as "shocking findings" that "exceed even the most dire concerns of the coalition".

He was clearly rattled by the atmospherics, but of more dire concern was the man across the net.

Fagan was aware that her revived memory rendered untrue her responses at voir dire concerning her lack of personal knowledge of violence and her impression of the Black Panther Party.

This is a particularly dire concern for the 50 million impoverished rural households who rely on the payments from India's federal workfare program, based on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA.

Even a hard-nosed realist should regard corruption as a dire concern, she maintains, because it is not merely a matter of the rule of law and democratic principles — it is "a matter of national security".

Instead, when Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant make their annual trip to Madison Square Garden today -- and the Los Angeles Lakers seek the championship chemistry of last season -- West, the former team president, will be at home, watching with interest more than dire concern.