Sentence examples for dire lengths from inspiring English sources
We don't know the extent of the problems women and their doctors encounter because doctors and patients are going to dire lengths to work around other people's religious beliefs and Catholic hospital prohibitions.
The Ireland coach, Declan Kidney, must feel like he is responsible for a MASH tent rather than an international rugby team, but the dire length of the Irish casualty list might actually count in his favour as he seeks a contract extension.
The French answer to Al Gore, environmental activist Nicolas Hulot, released his own feature-length film about the dire state of the planet today.
Old ladies and children who made noise in church were lectured at length and warned of dire punishments in the afterworld.
Uncertainty over detention length had also led to "dire" mental health, it said.
It's definitely enjoyable to feel like you're getting one over on a pretty unpleasant boss, but it's strange to have to go to these lengths to avoid ending up with such a dire hourly rate.
Mr Maher added: "While the average sentence length isn't too bad, the readability scores are dire.
A woman whose question stretched almost to the length of a speech by Fidel Castro said that Cuba's dire economic predicament was the result, partly, of a criminal government.
During our interview, Edwards stressed his staunch belief that locking up an 11-year-old for any length of time is not only traumatic for the youth; it holds dire consequences for families, our communities and indeed America's future.
