Sentence examples for seem dire from inspiring English sources
For current undergraduates, prospects after university might seem dire.
Things may seem dire but may not be so bad that they can't be saved.
On the face of it, the statistics seem dire for America Online.
Our lenders are trying to strike a delicate balance: they'd like the dollar's predicament to seem dire enough to make us change, but not so dire as to spark panic.
In addition, reports from blockaded communities in Liberia seem dire - no food deliveries, inadequate drinking water.
Her thinking seemed dire.
The symptom, as presented to the doctor, seemed dire.
There were moments, she concedes, when things seemed dire.
Normally, such a big result would prompt a sense of unease about the next outing but the outlook seems dire for Yeovil at the moment.
They said, however, that although things seemed dire now, they did not seem nearly as dire for the party as they did in the early 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher was in power and Labour was riven by internal squabbles.
