Sentence examples for is really dire from inspiring English sources

"The situation is really dire.

"The situation is really dire," says a Western diplomat.

Great managers understand that if people believe the situation is really dire, they're more likely to take on the hard work of doing something different.

"The situation is really dire," Gomperts said.

"If it wasn't for Germany, these would be really dire readings," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.

In any case, the brothers remain, even at the end when things are really dire, more entertaining than sympathetic.

Hedge funds, she said, "are vultures, are feeding off the misery of the island and the people, and it's really dire".

If a family can't get onboard with the dress that makes the bride cry, then the consultants give her a veil or, if things are really dire, a veil with crystals.

But actually that's really dire.' 'Because,' Maggie says, 'someone's first reading is such a valuable thing, that you don't want to mess it up.' 'So if you come downstairs one day and say, "Guess what!

"If you see the economy improving, you don't want to come in with the same actions as you did when the situation was really dire," said Simon Hayes, an economist at Barclays Capital in London.

But the newer camps are really dire.