Sentence examples for was pretty dire from inspiring English sources

The survey "was pretty dire so in light of that, the big downward revision was expected and wasn't as big as forecast.

SWAMP THING Wes Craven's movie was pretty dire but it did revitalise the comic book, bringing in new talent Alan Moore to shake things up.

It was pretty dire".

"It's pretty dire".

"The situation at the moment is pretty dire.

"Since the council started demolishing the houses, it's been pretty dire," Ali says.

Long term trends are pretty dire," said Francisco Blanch, head commodity analyst for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, in London.

"Some of the issues facing the people we work with are pretty dire.

Darfur: It is fair to say that the situation is pretty dire.

"I don't think having wrinkles is offensive, you know, we all get old, the alternative is pretty dire.

"We've just been assessing it for the Red List [of endangered species] and the evidence is pretty dire.