Sentence examples for on a dire from inspiring English sources

Fletcher, who watched the disaster with a stony face, is an intelligent man and has been a brilliant coach for England over seven years: as such he must know that his side have been treading water all winter, the win in the one-day series in Australia a piece of camouflage on a dire winter, a dollop of make-up to hide the blemishes and encourage false expectation in some quarters.

Words like "respond" and "long-term" provide a reassuring gloss on a dire reality.

Faced with such a dire prognosis, the parents decided on a dire "cure".

The sets, costumes and lighting quickly settle on a dire level of crude staginess and stay there.

"The governor tracked me down and said everyone thought this was a great idea; they just didn't ask me," he says, droll on a dire topic.

Brad Guzan – who can't get games at Middlesbrough and was, last season, often the worst player on a dire Aston Villa side – cannot be relied upon.

In the same round, Northampton travelled to Biarritz on the back of a dire run of league form.

On the heels of a dire government report published last month about climate change and its devastating impacts, many cities and states are scrambling to find ways to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that threaten their air quality, not to mention their economies.

With many substantial successes, including its elegant version of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and an intelligent, underappreciated adaptation of Henry James's The Golden Bowl, the mighty franchise ends on a note of dire self-parody.

Politicians, state officials and mental-health advocates expressed agreement on Tuesday that a dire shortage of beds for patients in crisis is one significant problem.

Bear Stearns on Thursday painted a dire picture over the coming months.