Sentence examples for dire opposition from inspiring English sources

A parallel, if less dire opposition, seasons, is made by Leon Kroll's sultry "Summer-New York" and Rockwell Kent's "Snow Fields (Winter in the Berkshires)." All the painters have individual styles, but most of them can be classified as realist, meaning that the style or paint application itself isn't as striking as the narrative or story being told.

Like today, the direst political oppositions devolved on the economy, and on proper uses of public and private finance.

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.

As a result of the starvation and dire circumstances, the opposition accepted the shaky truce by Assad's reconciliation committee hoping to prevent more loss of life.

Failure, on the other hand, could have dire consequences for the opposition leadership.

Refrigerant gases have apparently been struck out of the carbon tax repeal bill's legal requirement for price cuts to be passed on to consumers, even though they were at the centre of the Abbott opposition's dire warnings about price hikes.

These voters see the health care debate in evolutionary terms, not the dire terms of the opposition.

Explained Admiral Mullen, if the situation of the opposition becomes "dire enough," NATO's commander could request American support.

The eastern sector of Aleppo is the main urban redoubt of rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, and losing it would leave the opposition in dire straits.

The ruling camp has looked rudderless and ineffectual in tackling the country's dire economic woes, but the opposition demonstrations have unified support around the president.

The problem has become so dire in recent weeks that opposition groups like the Syrian National Council and the Local Coordination Committees have called for restraint by their own supporters, fearing that the problem could spiral out of control.