Sentence examples for dire diagnosis from inspiring English sources

But if you agree with the dire diagnosis of Franken and the other Democrats, then perhaps the proposed amendment is too narrow, instead.

An M.R.I. revealed a less dire diagnosis: she had "nicked" her cartilage, which would heal on its own after she rested for a few weeks.

Inside the group, though, we are all normal, even though "normal" means dealing with a dire diagnosis and treatments, in the past or the present.

Support groups, regional conferences, runs, T-shirts, memoirs and photographs raise money for research and help individual women confront a dire diagnosis.

Still it is remarkable to hear that dire diagnosis from the leaders of the two counties that make up Long Island, America's emblematic suburb, and home of the original Levittown.

Murcer died on Saturday and I remain struck by the grace with which he accepted the dire diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor that carried with it a low survival rate.

She moved from Myrtle Creek, Ore., in 2008, when her mother in Florida received a dire cancer diagnosis.

There was reason for the attention lavished on McCain — a war hero and veteran senator returns to the Capitol days after a dire cancer diagnosis.

Now add to that losing your second home when a family member receives a dire medical diagnosis, and on top of that, surviving another super storm, Hurricane Sandy.

The biblical verse, "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,"-- despite its Pythonesque air of nonchalance beneath the blade of the guillotine, has always been my mantra when faced with a dire well-confirmed diagnosis.

When lawyers finally persuaded a judge to insist on suitable medical treatment for Mr. Ng, the long-deferred diagnosis was dire.