Sentence examples for during dire from inspiring English sources

The clothing retailer Brooks Brothers is reprinting advertisements that appeared during dire years like 1934.

Noting that many on the right have been critical of him for taking the vacation during dire economic times, O'Reilly nevertheless dismissed the criticisms.

He has been masterful at manipulating language in order to suit the political aspirations of his presidency, whether it's been selling the country on war in Iraq, on warrantless surveillance, on maintaining a rosy outlook during dire economic times, or most infamously, co-opting the Nazi era phrase "Verschärfte Vernehmung," or "enhanced interrogation," in order to justify his torture regime.

A frail mother of two, Renu insists on having more children so that they can take care of each other during dire circumstances.

Once he was excused during voir dire for interrogating the lawyer and being "generally obnoxious," he said.

Nor did Jim Callaghan say "crisis, what crisis?" when he returned to Heathrow from the Guadeloupe summit during the dire 1978-79 winter of discontent.

Arsenal also won, 2-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers, with goals in the first and last minutes by Marouane Chamakh though Liverpool's brief rally was halted during a dire 1-1 drat at Wigan Athletic.

The subsequent heyday of Conceptualism coincided with a crisis: the arrival of a huge generation of art students during a dire economic recession that came on the heels of an unprecedented market boom.

Had those guarantees been priced at their true market value — what a private investor would have charged to lend during those dire days — taxpayers should have received far higher returns.

Banks are well represented in the universe of naming rights — from Bank of America and Wachovia to Chase, Citizens Bank and TD Banknorth — but those deals did not go into effect during a dire economy or cost nearly as much as the record sum that Citi is paying (which was matched by Barclays in its deal for the Nets' arena in Brooklyn).

Gerard Meagher Match report: London Irish 15-22 Exeter Chiefs Worcester ended a 13-game run without a win to give their survival hopes a boost, in turn ending Sale's five-match winning streak, and while Dean Ryan, the Warriors' director of rugby, said his team's performance levels "haven't been an issue" during that dire run of form, the introduction of Francois Hougaard was unmistakably vital.