dire
Example Sentences
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For anyone facing potentially dire medical results or other nerve-racking ambiguities, the waiting is the hardest part.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The outlook for the longer term was also dire.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
In video presentation late Tuesday, CEO Gary Friedman highlighted tariffs, global discord amid the Iran war and “the most dire housing market in decades” as creating an environment of heightened uncertainty.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Levy: With every character, at the beginning of this show, I’m thinking, how can we exacerbate the dire circumstances that crime would rub up against?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Living with his divorced mom and two sisters in one Montana town or another, sometimes in dire poverty, Jesse always felt like an outcast.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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