Sentence examples for much dire from inspiring English sources

With so much dire information about the value of the investment, the $1 million sale was approved by the Campsie board on March 17.

I've witnessed as much dire stuff in this area as I have elsewhere in the city, but there's no doubt that, at the beginning of the millennium, Tottenham seemed gloomy.

But the consequences could have been much direr.

The women are in much direr straits, with no South American in the top 100.

Just look at the debate over climate change, a much direr problem without an agreement on a global solution or even a basic set of standards.

The main attraction is the gang of loathsome thugs who horribly mistreated Richard's mentally disabled younger brother years earlier, as they are at first harmlessly toyed with before meeting much direr fates at the hands of their personal grim reaper.

The other thing to remember, of course, is that the one thing we have in common with America (where, of course, the situation is much direr - see Suzanne Goldenberg's report on page 12) is that this boils down to a class issue.

The events in Tripoli in northern Lebanon could have had much direr consequences were it not for the wisdom of the Sunni community, which proved that it is not a popular support base for ISIS or al-Nusra Front, and backed the Lebanese army unequivocally despite its reservations over some of the army's actions.

The truth, of course, was much less dire.

"Tomorrow it will be too late, and the consequences will be much more dire.

A new report, however, suggests that the effects were much less dire than had been feared.