Sentence examples for they were dire from inspiring English sources

They were dire enough, as it turned out.

They were dire tonight and it's not unfair to suggest that Gibraltar deserved a draw for their fine effort.

As expected, they were dire: ongoing sea-level rise, extreme weather and other damaging effects, driven by human action and predicted to intensify.

I've seen a couple of their recent home games, and though they won one of them (against Hull) they were dire in both.

If they were bad enough last year, when they won only three races and finished a distant second to Mercedes, they were dire this time round, with problems with their chassis, their aerodynamics and their strategy.

They're dire.

"They are dire conditions".

Off it, they are dire performers: clubs are amateurishly run, and the game is mired in corruption.

These are the headlines, and they're dire, but they're in fact a sideshow compared with the real problems afflicting our economy.

I'm being a bit mean … they're sweet enough, these stories, but they are dire to read aloud.

If Algeria can shut you down, you're in trouble as a side because they're dire".