Sentence examples for dire election from inspiring English sources

The dire election results for the Liberal Democrats – in contrast to a stronger than expected performance for the Conservatives in the local elections alongside a resounding win for the retention of first past the post in the referendum – did little to improve relations.

Despite dire election results, Mr Cable kept his powder dry and the polls were leaked - or rather given - to the Guardian this week.

Nick Clegg has said before that you have to have a thick skin in politics, but when I interviewed him in the wake of these dire European election results it was clear that he was feeling the pain of defeat.

In the run-up to the Queen's Speech, the Lib Dems, who are under pressure after dire European election results, have already announced plans to allow pension providers to poll investments into a single fund.

Fred Phelps had preached for years that the end was near, but his sermons grew more dire after Barack Obama's election in 2008.

But Beijing has called Mr. Chen deceitful and issued dire warnings against his election, with Prime Minister Zhu Rongji all but saying last week that it could provoke a war.

The main point is that a minority Tory government is actually a big worry for the City, rather contrary to Ken Clarke's dire warnings before the election.

Turnout was low, around 42percentt, but for the most part the voting went peacefully, despite dire warnings before the election that there would be violence and fraud at the polling places.

Despite dire warnings before the election that there would be fraud on both sides, the polling went forward with few problems or incidents, though some polling places opened late or not at all.

But make no mistake, while the outcome of this election is dire, all levels of government need new forms of accountability and public alignment.

The Republican has spoken of the 2012 election in dire terms, saying that it "may be our last chance as Americans" to move the nation toward a more limited government based on conservative principles.