Sentence examples for dire inability from inspiring English sources

And while Janacek's First Quartet is wrapped in layers of text and subtext, being music based on literature based on music (Tolstoy's story "The Kreutzer Sonata"), it also cuts through to an almost operatic expression of the narrative, in which Janacek cannot have missed echoes of his own dire inability to express love in the real world.

Milk producers say their situation is less dire, but the inability of Congress to pass a farm bill could have an effect on the industry if the current farm law is not extended past Sept. 30.

But although Thomas Malthus is famous for his dire predictions regarding the inability of agricultural production to match population growth, he is less well known for his remedy for the very same problem.

The Shabab, a militant Somali group affiliated with al-Qaeda which is strengthening its foothold in Kenya, said it carried out both massacres.Related topics Islam Terrorism Religion Kenya AfricaThe attacks underscore Kenya's state of dire insecurity and its inability to come to grips with the Shabab, either in the countryside or in key cities.

While our hearts ached with grief at our inability to change the dire, her little world had not really changed.

The firm introduced a new computer system and the result has been dire customer service problems – in particular an inability to produce bills.

They are important writers for me, but I resist some of their more dire conclusions: the end of the novel, the inability to convey meaning in a text and the death of the author.But you seem to poke fun at these writers too.There is no question that the style of the semiotic writers was needlessly convoluted.

DIPLOMATS ARE MOSTLY PESSIMISTIC 3. (C) The global financial crisis and the inability to service foreign debt will make the dire situation in Cuba even worse in 2010, according to EU diplomats.

The ambulance service was also named as negligent during the tragedy, as their inability to identify a crisis worsened the already dire situation.

Today, the psychosexual lens helps explain why North Korea, in addition to dire poverty and other crippling woes, faces international giggles over its inability to "get it up" — a popular turn of phrase among bloggers and some headline writers.

The inability to safely leave an abusive relationship can also have dire consequences.