Sentence examples for least dire from inspiring English sources

Of the three papers, the least dire concluded that defaults were "unnecessary, undesirable and unlikely".

Whether you believe the most or least dire predictions made in "Running on Empty" (March 13), or fall somewhere in between, there can be no doubt that the present administration has wasted an opportunity to address a problem that is not going to go away: our reliance on fossil fuels.

That was, at least, the dire prediction, but what was the reality?

A growing number of economists have criticized the measures for forcing Greece to cut spending amid a deep recession, but most analysts still contend that the proposals will pass, if only because the alternatives are at least as dire.

As he hands over a present, he gravely lets it be known that: 'If you don't like it, I will go and kill myself.' There are plenty of incidental pleasures - not least the dire poetry reading in which a poetess whispers her way through verses called 'Cobweb' - but the really startling feature of the evening is its emotional charge.

Half a century later, another historic social change was in the offing, and the warnings of impending disaster were at least as dire.

That should make cases in England Scotlandd has its own legal system) cheaper, simpler and fairer at least by the dire standards of current arrangements.

In other words, the groups that can least afford the dire consequences.