Sentence examples for grow dire from inspiring English sources

With the days getting hotter, Mr. Recchia predicted that the situation could grow dire.

But when we began to descend, our situation grew dire.

The beef situation had grown dire, along with the weather report.

The best song is the title track, growing dire within its restricted form, building up an eerie, cavernous bass sound.

It was four days before Hurricane Sandy would arrive, and trustees of the Long Island Power Authority gathered as forecasters' warnings grew dire.

When the situation grows dire, the weaker player is expected to type "gg," meaning "Good game" — a white flag.

Her situation grew dire, she recalled, when a city marshal posted a notice on the apartment door that she would be evicted the next day.

Dr. Becker found he could cut repeat hospital admissions by treating the sickest patients at their homes, before their medical problems grew dire.

But the evening belonged to Ms. Buck, who sang beautifully in the plush melodies at the start and adapted expertly to increasing angularity and high-flying acrobatics as Proserpina's plight grew dire.

But the situation has grown dire as the rest of the world has gotten faster and Olympic officials have restricted the number of athletes competing in the ever-growing Summer Games.

Meanwhile, while the stimulus and Federal Reserve interventions prevented the recession from turning to depression, the unemployment and foreclosure situations grew dire.