Sentence examples for dire shot from inspiring English sources

A truly dire shot and Cairns is one wicket away from 10 in the match.

The rot started with Alex Hales's dire shot in the first over of England's innings.

Fable it may be, but Game of Thrones is a dire warning -- straight-shot, heads-up, shot-across-the-bow homily about what humanity faces in its not-so-distant future.

Getting a decent night's sleep and eating well – good, slow-burning fuel – is important in the exercise of willpower, but in times of dire need a quick shot of sugar can, according to Baumeister's lab tests, make all the difference.

It's quite a handsome sum, but the platform is in dire need of a shot in the arm.

St George Illawarra's top eight hopes are in dire straits after barely firing a shot in their 28-8 NRlossss to Cronulla.

It's a stark and depressing shot that reflects the dire struggle pangolins face as humans hunt them to extinction.

No shots on target in dire first half.

That dire outcome is still considered a long shot, even if Spain might eventually require a Greek-style bailout.

But a new report finds that such sums from the private sector aren't sufficient to prevent dire climate warming — not by a long shot.

The shots played against him were dire - he didn't actually get one person out and ended up with four-for.