dire
Example Sentences
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But one insult residents won’t brook is someone who doesn’t have confidence in better days ahead for the city no matter how dire things may be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
With oil subsidies gone, tourism collapsing and foreign investors pulling out, Cuba is in dire shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The situation was so dire in NSW that hundreds of prisoners were forced to relocate after mice caused extensive damage at their jail.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
It’s no wonder, then, that someone like Parsons can so deftly perceive and capture this dire reality, where we’ve been dropped into digital solitude after hundreds of years being physical creatures.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Holmes apologized, claiming a dire need for money, and was so persuasive and abject that even Belknap felt mollified, although his distrust of Holmes persisted.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing dire
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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