Sentence examples for is in dire shape from inspiring English sources

Not everyone who bought Equity Office buildings is in dire shape.

"Local journalism is in dire shape," Kyle Pope, the Review's editor, wrote in his letter for the issue.

It is threatened by a virulent insurgency, it has the world's fastest-growing nuclear weapons program, and its economy is in dire shape.

Members of the group hailed the document as the first formal agreement on the priorities of coastal restoration, an accord at times hard fought despite a broadly shared acknowledgment that the gulf is in dire shape.

Part of the reason that the country's own budget is in dire shape, he suggested, is that "we have people who have no idea as to what to do and how to buy".

"Guatemala is in dire shape today, with extreme poverty, failing institutions and ruthless mafias that have been growing virtually unchecked for over a decade," said Daniel Wilkinson, deputy director for the Americas at Human Rights Watch, a New York-based group.

As the trend toward organic food consumption slows after years of explosive growth, no sector is in direr shape than the $1.3 billion organic milk industry.

Wagner said they were in "dire shape".

But not all of those banks are in dire shape.

Deepwells was in dire shape as well, Mr. Martin said.

Most of China's 100-odd securities firms are in dire shape.