Sentence examples for how dire is from inspiring English sources

Just how dire is the situation?

It sounds like a fair strategy – but how dire is its new ad featuring Welsh singer Duffy?

WICKENDEN: Jim, just to round things off at the end here, how dire is the fiscal situation over the next ten years or so?

The ten-year budget horizon that dominates debate in Washington obscures just how dire is America's fiscal outlook, since it is only just over that horizon that the baby-boomers start to retire in great numbers.

The episode description is pretty overt in saying that Thea's in serious danger in the season finale, so how dire is her situation?

The question is, "Will the IMF team buy the sell job?" It would be surprising if it did, because anyone can see how dire is the Enee's situation and how inadequate is the Hernández administration's response to it.

This suggests that the vehemence of politics cannot simply be a measure of how dire are the national circumstances facing politicians.

Much as Horne regrets the destruction of medieval buildings on the Île de la Cité, he makes plain how dire was the need for slum clearance.

He and his successors centralised much of the power of government in London where, to increasing Scottish irritation, most of it was to stay until 1999, when Scotland got back its Parliament and a "first minister" with wide powers.That union of the crowns had already had one dire effect, though just how dire was not to be seen until the 19th and 20th centuries.

I thought I would go to see for myself: How dire were the situations?

No, I'm not aiming for that easy target - how dire it is to be directed when you call to a robot voice that doesn't care if you leave a message or not.