Sentence examples for were pretty dire from inspiring English sources
You had to, in the aftermath of Sept. 11, create some possible outcomes that were pretty dire.
Marta Ruedas, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, said conditions for the recently displaced were "pretty dire".
When tenants first took on the management of the Burrowes Street estate in Walsall back in 1994, things were pretty dire.
Nick Clegg, Tim Farron and Jo Swinson can certainly work a crowd, although some of the more minor names on stage tonight were pretty dire.
In fact, the British government concluded that asking the SNP government to release Megrahi would increase the chances of his staying in jail (suggesting relations between the two governments were pretty dire).
"In the last quarter of last year, things were pretty dire, but I think the situation is slightly better," he told Forbes.
"The situation at the moment is pretty dire.
Looking at the map, the impact is pretty dire all round.
"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.
