Sentence examples for exactly dire from inspiring English sources

For my family, the pollution days are weird and depressing, but not exactly dire.

The legal consequences of confessing aren't exactly dire.

As well as the money, Oswald will be able to take up a short placement at the institution, although this Oxford University Classics graduate isn't exactly in dire need of any more education.

Though the clubs hit hardest are not exactly in dire straights with the regular season coming to a close, this weekend will be a minor depth test at a crucial time in the league.

What's interesting is that, considering Globant's prior round was $15 million and revenues for 2011 topped $90 million, the company wasn't exactly in dire need of the additional funding.

We knew that imeem was on the verge of shutting down before getting a last-minute cash infusion from some of its investors, but an SEC filing from Warner Music adds some more details about exactly how dire imeem's situation is, as well as that of another music startup, Lala.

Or, so says the current government of Canada, anyway, who'd rather make it sound like the situation was exactly that dire.

But even if the answer is nothing, his career is in tatters (though his reputed wealth means he isn't exactly facing dire straits financially).

But even if these campaigns aren't scams, some of them don't exactly describe dire situations that require the kindness of strangers to remedy.

I don't think that SanDisk is in dire straits, exactly, but generally the wholesale selling off of assets like the factories that make your goods isn't seen as a sign of solvency.

At 52 he looks and sounds, give or take a bit of hair, exactly as he did when Dire Straits were racking up hit after enervated hit.