Sentence examples for dire world from inspiring English sources

Before that dire World Cup there was plenty of talk of fearless cricketers playing with freedom.

Drones, throbs, somber vocals and, every so often, a dance beat orchestrated a dire world when Massive Attack performed at Terminal 5 on Wednesday night.

Steven Gerrard said he "agonised" over the decision to retire from international football following England's dire World Cup campaign but had to be selfish and quit to preserve his career with Liverpool.

We have a group of young Germans on the verge of greatness and Englishmen, conceivably, standing in their way, so the possibility of Anglocentric over-enthusiasm must be examined, as in 1990, when a dire World Cup was lauded because Bobby Robson and his boys got to the semi-finals and Gazza, to Pavarotti's stirring accompaniment, wept.

Roubini, a New York University professor who famously forecast a dire world recession as far back as 2006, has taken exception to remarks on a blog by Cramer that he is "intoxicated" with his own "prescience and vision" and is refusing to see green shoots of recovery in the financial markets.

He was left out of England's squad for their dire World Cup campaign but became captain for the start of the Six Nations, and also led club side Harlequins to the English title while being voted Premiership player of the year.

Though there is a little bit of schadenfreude towards the American crisis, the repercussions are so dire the world over that America has become the economic superpower that people love to hate to love, but love all the same.

As for the richer world, it is hard to say which throw more talent away America's dire public schools or Europe's dire universities.

So there we were on Q&A with an all-too-rare opportunity to challenge a powerful politician on a policy with dire real-world implications for women trying to flee violence and Steve Price was making the discussion all about himself, his feelings, his concern that just because he was making excuses for Newman and Maguire, he might be "tarred with the same brush".

The economic prospects could be dire for the world and Australia.

Mr. Ford's uncle, Henry Ford II, took over a Ford Motor that was in dire shape after World War II.