Sentence examples for dire form from inspiring English sources

We were told this was a team in transition, but the dire form has just continued.

Their dire form at the Madejski Stadium cost them an automatic promotion place last season and saw them beaten in the semi-finals of the play-offs.

"Why are we focused on a line, above which nothing happens, set by some technocrats in Washington?" Another 1.2 billion live on between $1.25 and $2 a day, an only slightly less dire form of deprivation.

After all, the team ended the previous campaign in dire form and made wholesale changes over the summer, most notably the loss of their two best players from the past three years.

Paul Cook is being lined up for the Chesterfield job, prompting much head-scratching in light of Accrington's dire form of late, and it could prompt a mixed reaction in the home dressing room given that the popular Tommy Wright made no secret of his desire to land the job.

Locke, though, has shown promise and although there were periods of dire form during this campaign, overall there is a sense of optimism.

Roy Hodgson's side have won once on the road this season, which is merely an extension of their dire away form.

There were more runs for Virender Sehwag as Leicestershire continued to belie their dire Championship form with a 76-run win over Worcestershire.

Moshiri brought Martínez's three-year reign to an end following a dire run of form, a second poor Premier League season and clear evidence of support for the manager draining from the fanbase, players and the boardroom, although the chairman, Bill Kenwright, was reluctant to part company with the former Wigan Athletic manager.

Moshiri acted following a dire run of form, a second poor Premier League season and clear evidence of support draining for Martínez from the fanbase, players and the boardroom, although the chairman Bill Kenwright was loth to part company with the former Wigan Athletic manager.

They are in a dire run of form, their media have turned on them, their former players have been openly critical and now one of Australia's star batsmen has been dropped after launching an unprovoked attack against an England cricketer in the early hours of Sunday morning in a Birmingham theme pub.