Sentence examples for dire i from inspiring English sources

P4ulDavies countered: "Sometimes it can be really funny... Other times really dire, I think that is its charm.

SUROWIECKI: I don't think over the next ten years it really is dire — I think that's really a myth, basically.

The unscrupulous doctors and pill mills in the headlines have sprung up to fill the void.It depends what you mean by "dire", I suppose.

Statins led directly to a muscle weakness and leg pain so dire, I, a naturally muscular woman could not get up from a squat position.

I started out with Chain Letter, one of his earliest and surely the inspiration for all those dire I Know What You Did Last Summer films.

I'm not sure I think the situation is quite so dire (I didn't grow up with the Internet, but I also didn't grow up reading much for pleasure, and I had to learn to tackle complex texts when I entered college. I'm sure bright teens today, even those who love the empowerment of the Internet, are capable of the same).

With my cash flow situation in a dire state, I knew I needed to make a big change.

There are students squeezing part-time jobs around college work to afford these rents, and those suffering the kind of financial "dire straits" I overheard one talking about.

"I know the subject matter's dire, but I was filled with glee and a sense of power, a sense that I knew how to do this.

I don't have a ton of close friendships, so unless it's a dire situation, I'll stay quiet to preserve what I have.

I've been thinking about this period because of all the dire news I'm reading and hearing about the state of our nation's young people.