Sentence examples for looked dire from inspiring English sources

The situation looked dire.

Recall that, after Election Day, things looked dire.

Results of the local elections looked dire for Labour as they were announced on Friday.

WHEN Ferdinand Piëch arrived as Volkswagen's chief executive in 1993, things looked dire.

"A lot of places that looked dire on Tuesday morning looked better by Wednesday morning.

The Rangers made no guarantees of victory on the eve of Game 6, as Messier had, but like those Rangers of old, they did not give up when the match looked dire after Ryan Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk staked the Devils to a 2-0 first-period lead on two power-play goals.

The numbers do look dire.

Today, things look dire.

Things were looking dire for the Martomas.

Now, everything looks dire for the Knicks.

Through this lens, the rich world's public finances look dire indeed.