Sentence examples for dire steps from inspiring English sources

Youngtown joins other cities and counties contemplating dire steps to deal with high unemployment, rising demand for social services and flagging state and federal support.

And it's really only by grasping this mindset and really taking it seriously that we can begin to understand events to come that ultimately will lead to what is seen at the time as that last dire step towards revolution.

On behalf of a historic and moral imperative to prevent humanity from taking a dire step backward.

But the fear of being sent back to countries with dire prospects for asylum seekers has lead to some of them taking desperate steps to avoid being registered.

It was lonely and chaotic, a terrible step down from normal-town life, and the roosters were its demonic outgrowths somehow, channeling its direst energies.

Randi Weingarten, who is president of the teachers' union and chairwoman of the city's Municipal Labor Committee, put out a statement that read: "If the city thinks the budget situation is growing more dire, there are steps it could take immediately to provide budget relief, such as a retirement incentive or a halt to the hiring of six-figure administrators in the Department of Education".

One could get whiplash at seeing the excess of wealth and privilege juxtaposed with the dire circumstances just steps outside Twitter headquarters on Market Street.

Only use these steps in dire emergencies if you can possibly make it to the nearest toilet without wetting yourself then do so.

After Gov. Scott issued his dire warning, several counties stepped up their precautions and issued curfews.

It has been five years and people have still not realized the importance of the ideas we, as immigrants, bring to a country in dire need of a step forward.

"The current situation is dire and it necessitates decisive steps to put the city back on a path to solid financial footing and future prosperity," Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said in a statement.