Sentence examples for dire relief from inspiring English sources

LaFleur says it is "a dire relief" to have the seawall completed, and suggests that the Corps stop studying the Avoca Island levee and extend it several miles south — to prevent the floods of the Atchafalaya from going around the levee's tip and coming back upon the town.

"Many areas we cannot access". While much of the focus may still be on Tacloban and its immediate surroundings, many of the outlying islands in the archipelago could be in similarly dire straits, relief agencies said.

Of the five that Metro says are in most dire need of relief — Farragut North, Farragut West, Gallery Place, Metro Center and Union Station — four have Red Line access and two have Orange Line access.

Ms. Chokurongwera said the family would be in dire straits without the relief agencies.

Stock markets greeted the figures with relief after dire warnings that China's growth figures could have been worse.

A16 Reaction in the Arab world was a mixture of indifference, predictions of dire consequences and occasional relief among Arabs hostile to Israel that the general would be the one to abort the idea of coexistence.

The losing fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline has brought into high relief the dire living conditions of the Standing Rock Sioux and other Native Americans.

The success of the character who appeared in the first film trailer showing in US cinema is believed to have stemmed from the immigrant class's ability to relate to The Tramp, along with the dire need for comic relief during WWI and the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Between the still-infant and not yet quite as transparent War On Terror and the irritant of having to go to Currys to buy a hands-free device for your car, Britain was in dire need of some light relief.

Thus, by denying this provision for their residents, these governors are not just depriving some of the neediest Americans of relief in a dire economy; they are undermining the overall stimulative impact of the package.

Those cities which are not under dire threat must share in the relief, must contribute to the restrictions, so they can save the lives of communities whose wells have run dry.