Sentence examples for how dire from inspiring English sources

Just how dire is the situation?

Its own leaders acknowledge how dire its fiscal situation is.

"He has belatedly realized how dire the situation has become".

I don't think people realize how dire the situation is.

But people don't realize how dire the situation is".

You want to know how dire it was, culturally?

"You're going to be all right," he promised, no matter how dire the situation.

Vincent's meet its payroll, an indication of how dire its finances had become.

You need only look at the collection rates of fines to see how dire they are.

Administration officials are finally beginning to acknowledge publicly how dire the situation actually was in 2009.

The E.P.A. must make sure that happens, no matter how dire-sounding the company's version of the first phase.