Sentence examples for dire import from inspiring English sources

Vid's awareness of his foreigner's propensity to misinterpret signals – sometimes comically, sometimes with a dire import – is outweighed by his wish to ingratiate himself, "to get a foothold here".

This contributed to a collapse of the country's foreign currency reserves, provoking dire shortages of fuel, medicines and imported foods.

At the same time, he faces a dire economic panorama in a country that imports most of its food and where the largesse of Venezuelan oil may be ending.

That number could not be confirmed and there were dire concerns that violence would spread as the import of the army announcement sinks in.

A dire shortage of electricity means local firms struggle to compete with imported goods.Moreover, a rentier culture forces many businesses to "partner" with members of the political and military elite.

As late as 2010, dire warnings were being sounded about the risk to the UK from gas import dependency in the face of dwindling UK supplies.

The plant eventually closed in 2000, as aluminium became cheaper to buy as a foreign import, and so, the village and its people have been left in a dire economic state.

Grain is imported from the highlands to the south because the dry fields around Dire Dawa (which means "empty plain") yield little to cultivation.

In these dire times, Poor Richard offered not proverbs but recipes, to help Americans get by without imported sugar: recipes for wine made from homegrown grapes, rum made from corn, and sugar made from beets.

Import substitution could work if manufacturers weren't running at near-full capacity and in dire need of new investment, which will be in shorter supply as foreign financing shrinks.

The plant eventually closed in 2000 when aluminium became cheaper to buy as a foreign import, and, as a result, the village and its people have been left in a dire economic state.