Sentence examples for were looking dire from inspiring English sources

Things were looking dire for the Martomas.

And yesterday things were looking dire, indeed, especially with Knicks center Patrick Ewing suited up only in gray double-breasted and ensconced at the end of the bench because of acute tendinitis in his right foot.

Things were looking dire.

In 1996, however, things were looking dire.

AT A time when things are looking dire for Christians in the Middle East, they have acquired an articulate new spokesman who is also relatively young by the standards of clerical greybeards.

Yes, some believe that a breakup of the euro would be catastrophic on both sides of the Atlantic, and yes, things may be looking dire for the European Union experiment, but rich cultures run deep.

It was looking dire in June, nearly impossible in July, and more or less mathematically exploded by August.

The share of workers that belonged to any union public or private had already been flagging for decades, and thanks to an increasingly business-friendly legal system, the future was looking dire.

The situation was looking dire Friday night for the people and more than 100 animals trapped inside a rapidly flooding North Carolina animal shelter in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Things were looking so dire that it couldn't sit on the news any longer.

"The situation is looking increasingly dire".