Sentence examples for that is dire from inspiring English sources

It is the bottom that is dire.

Linked to this is blessing number two, which is the reluctance of private-sector employers to reduce staff numbers, preferring instead to tolerate a recent productivity performance that is dire even by British standards.

It's not about the financial situation, although clearly that is dire for all of us".

That is dire, but not as high as it sounds; it translates into a lower murder rate than Washington, DC, had in 2004, for example, and roughly a third of that city's rate during a crime wave in the early 1990s.Officials on both sides of the border nevertheless feel overwhelmed.

"But you have to recognize that we're in a situation that's dire for our country.

"That just kind of showed the grit that this team has tried to develop over the last year, to come back from circumstances that are dire," he said.

That's dire if you're choosing from thousands of songs.

For the US market, that's dire.

FLORENCE — The State of the (European) Union was the subject of a high-level conference in Florence on Wednesday and most participants agreed that it is dire.

This study clearly indicates that there is dire need for further research on the financing and affordability aspects of ATM in the region.

"We don't have to convince anybody that the situation is dire," he said.