Sentence examples for dire setbacks from inspiring English sources

As soon as RFID's boosters alerted the world to their innovations, reports of dire setbacks began to circulate.

It was a terrible setback.

Dire, indeed.

With financial woes widespread among American orchestras these days, a sort of compassion fatigue sets in, and it is tempting to dismiss this as just another temporary setback, however dire, that will surely right itself, like the Detroit Symphony players' strike of 2010 or the Philadelphia Orchestra bankruptcy filing of 2011.

Many security forces in the region have been infiltrated by drug organizations, but analysts believe the problem is particularly severe in Honduras because of its dire poverty, proximity to Mexico and the setback its security institutions suffered after the 2009 coup.

No setbacks.

Situation dire.

Professional setbacks.

So far, so dire.

Conditions remain dire.

The consequences were dire.