How to Use dire in a Sentence

dire

adjective

• They live in dire poverty.
• The circumstances are now more dire than ever.
• Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts.
• All wild tigers are threatened with extinction, but Sumatran tigers are in especially dire straits because the world's zoos have only 235 of them in captive-breeding programs.
  — Audubon, November-December 1998
• Teacher shot texted a dire warning to a loved one before she was wounded, source says.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
• But the dire state of Yukon River salmon populations is prompting new openness to the hatchery idea.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
• Her statements came in the wake of coverage by The Chronicle that painted a potentially dire outlook for the city.
  — Noah Arroyo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• Harris condemned Trump’s stance and argued that his approach would have dire consequences for Ukraine and U.S. allies.
  — Nik Popli, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
• Initial diagnoses were dire, but a neurological spinal specialist was able to shed more clarity that relieved concerns.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Following dire forecasts for an above-normal hurricane season, conditions in the Atlantic have grown eerily calm in recent weeks.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• The request stems from a 2018 investigation by the state into dire conditions at the juvenile halls.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• There are dire consequences looming over Atlanta’s cultural depletion.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
• The appeals court panel acknowledged that Toledo risks serious health effects if put in a Peruvian prison where conditions are dire.
  — Olga R. Rodriguez, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• The counterargument is that — despite dire predictions about the economy and corporate profits last year — investors haven’t had to face a meaningful slump.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The effects that coups have on economies are no less dire.
  — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Merchant ably demonstrates the dire stakes of the Luddites’ plight.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2023
• Gloria didn’t seem to buy that things would be so dire.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• The plight of the indie comic creator may be even more dire.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2023
• The situation for trans Russians in the wake of the new law is far more dire.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
• The chances of my survival in these dire conditions would be slim to none.
  — Ryan Hampton, Time, 15 Aug. 2023
• Things became so dire that Mack once asked Combs for cash at an event.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• Daniele and Yohan’s relationship may be in the most dire state, though.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• But the region is also in dire need of more physicians.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
• So, back in the day, the dire warnings to skip wild oysters during the heat of summer were warranted.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• The report from the Housing Commission was even more dire.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
• That’s a strong sign that those areas of the genome code for traits that can’t be changed without causing dire side effects.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• But there is still a dire need for effective treatments.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• Bonds away One window into how dire things have become is in the market for its debt.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
• Climate news can seem dire with little hope for a better world.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• As a result, students across the state must learn amid dire conditions.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024