Sentence examples for dire points from inspiring English sources

Skulls are deployed elsewhere to make dire points about syphilis, while a gigantic black spider does the honors for TB.

The situation, however, may not always be that dire, points out Uldis Roze, a professor emeritus at Queens College at the City University of New York, who was not involved in the study but who has spent decades studying North American porcupines.

For example, at a recent battle between the residential colleges at Rice University, one team gathered in the cafeteria during a particularly dire point in the game.

"Newtok is something that is probably going to play out over several decades unless it reaches a dire point where something has to be done immediately to keep the people safe," said Larry Hartig, who heads Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation.

DETROIT — Over the fierce protests of this city's elected leaders, the State of Michigan plans to send an emergency manager to repair the deeply troubled finances of Detroit, one of the largest cities ever to reach such a dire point or to face such a level of oversight.

Carter said performances like Saturday just aren't acceptable, especially in a dire point of the season.

Our country is at a dire point and we need to do everything we can to work together to get America through this".

And now I'm asking you to rouse yourself sufficiently to take an interest in Nature and our national parks as we are at a dire point.

Cuba's lack of internet access remains dire, he pointed out, saying 35 new Wi-Fi points would be insignificant in any other country in the hemisphere.

Things look dire, a point made repeatedly in the musical by a soldier bearing gloomy reports from George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army.

The signals coming out of the N.B.A. these days are all dire and point to a lockout coming next offseason, with Commissioner David Stern saying on Thursday that player salaries need to be slashed for the league to be profitable.