Sentence examples for was dire for from inspiring English sources

If the situation was bad for regime opponents within the majority-Sinhalese community under Rajapaksa rule, it was dire for Sri Lanka's ethnic minorities.

While some gigantic prices paid for a few works proved that money was not in short supply, the outcome was dire for excavated bronze, pottery and glass vessels from Iran and Syria.

Last week was dire for the sports sections: there was no Premier League football, no Champions League, no Ryder Cup; the highlight was England's football match against San Marino.

Fiona Watson, the field director of the tribal-people's-rights group Survival International, told me that the situation was dire for the region's aislados, as isolated people are called in Spanish.

Dard told Jinnah that Jinnah's abandonment of politics in British India was dire for the Muslim cause.

Consequences can be dire for patients like Ms. Fisher.

It's been dire for a long time".

But its implications are dire for a certain flock.

What is certain is that current opinion polls are dire for leader and party.

The consequences of this are dire for many charities, but worse for the jobseekers.

A loss of business for two weeks or more would be dire for any New York restaurant.