dire

IPA: dˈaɪr

Examples of "dire" in Sentences

Our lop-sided world trade agreements etc., is in dire need of your time and effort.
Just look at who and what we have "leading" our Nation, no wonder we are in dire straits.
The GOP would have to be in dire straits indeed if he's considered a serious candidate in 2016.
On Friday, the LCC also detailed what it described as dire humanitarian conditions and other developments in several locales.
Until Monday, not a single representative of the euro zone had been willing to discuss the possibility of aid measures for countries in dire financial straits.
Until all you entitlement libs figure this out and quit expecting everyone to bail you out and pay for everything, this country will continue to be in dire need of reform.
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced a series of moves Wednesday that redefine the federal government's $700 billion rescue plan for the financial industry in order to tackle what he called a dire situation in the consumer credit markets.
He twice referred to past policy mistakes that contributed to the Great Depression, noting that the repetition of those mistakes - unregulated financial markets and trade protectionism - threaten to exacerbate what he describes as a dire global financial crisis that has yet to bottom out.