Sentence examples for dire winter from inspiring English sources

Amid what has been a dire winter for many broadcast programs, Fox renewed four shows this week: "The Following," "New Girl," "The Mindy Project" and "Raising Hope".

Most of us have shifted out of our dire winter coats.

And so White resumes almost in the same season he left a month ago heavy weather, the remains of a dire winter all about, and a series of exclamation marks that is most unlike him.

Fletcher, who watched the disaster with a stony face, is an intelligent man and has been a brilliant coach for England over seven years: as such he must know that his side have been treading water all winter, the win in the one-day series in Australia a piece of camouflage on a dire winter, a dollop of make-up to hide the blemishes and encourage false expectation in some quarters.

Even by most recent standards, The Fall was dire this year.

The economic news has been fairly dire this week.

As with many steelmakers, gross operating margins were dire last quarter; a small loss was booked.

Certainly, the situation was dire 13 years ago when a newly energised GM board flexed its muscle.