Sentence examples for dire hour from inspiring English sources

Third, and most important, in this dire hour, bipartisanship is needed.

Even at this dire hour, Syrian opposition people tell me about the Christians or Alawites in their movement, emphatically rejecting the label of Sunni Jihadists.

"We are united in our effort to offer assistance and support at this dire hour for the people of Japan.

It says: "It is easy to forget that millions of Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and people of other minority faiths have served in the British Armed Forces across two World Wars, facing down the hatred of Nazism and helping keep Britain safe in its direst hours of need".

Most days, and most hours, the dire choices faced by many drivers on the B.Q.E. are these: Bad, worse and no exit.

It was then that Mr. Fascher, who clearly had a knack for meeting people who could help in hours of dire need, was hired by the USO to manage entertainment tours in Vietnam.

Gaga studied the table for a moment, then laughed, a little nervously, and said, "I don't know!" Eventually, my parents moved her into a nursing home, but for a couple of years before that she lived in her own house with a paid companion, a squat old farmer's widow who looked like Mr. Jeremy Fisher and spent most of her waking hours reading dire religious tracts.

Most employees worked punishing hours in dire conditions for abysmal pay while the men they worked for amassed almost unimaginable fortunes.

She lives hours from any medical center and the one 3 hours away is dire, with one insect-infested bed and a bare medicine cabinet.

It's been a dire reshuffle for the 24-hour TV news brigade.

"He went into harm's way, not to harm people but to help his fellow human beings in the hour of their direst need," he said.