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.
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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.
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Audubon,
November-December 1998
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The effects that coups have on economies are no less dire.
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Comfort Ero,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2023
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Merchant ably demonstrates the dire stakes of the Luddites’ plight.
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Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2023
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Gloria didn’t seem to buy that things would be so dire.
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Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Dec. 2023
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The plight of the indie comic creator may be even more dire.
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Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 July 2023
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The situation for trans Russians in the wake of the new law is far more dire.
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Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Aug. 2023
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The chances of my survival in these dire conditions would be slim to none.
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Ryan Hampton,
Time,
15 Aug. 2023
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Here’s what to know about it and how to tell something more dire isn’t going on.
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Katie Camero,
SELF,
17 Oct. 2024
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Things became so dire that Mack once asked Combs for cash at an event.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2024
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Daniele and Yohan’s relationship may be in the most dire state, though.
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Kelly Wynne,
Peoplemag,
26 Sep. 2023
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This one is always a great option to keep in your purse or car for dire times.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2023
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Both men seem resigned to a dire fate set forth by a country that failed them.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2024
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But the region is also in dire need of more physicians.
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Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
10 May 2023
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But nowhere has the phenomenon been as dire as in New York.
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Mihir Zaveri,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2023
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While some of the effects can be dire, the ocean does have some defense mechanisms in place.
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Devika Rao,
theweek,
10 Oct. 2024
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Was there ever a question of ending the season on such a dire note?
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Mark Peikert,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2024
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So, back in the day, the dire warnings to skip wild oysters during the heat of summer were warranted.
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Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
21 July 2023
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Even many less dire causes of leg numbness can be taken care of.
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Amanda Gardner,
Health,
26 Jan. 2023
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The report from the Housing Commission was even more dire.
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Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2024
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That’s a strong sign that those areas of the genome code for traits that can’t be changed without causing dire side effects.
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Nathaniel Scharping,
Discover Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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The conductor has been battling a dire form of brain cancer since 2021.
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Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Sep. 2024
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If the prices of all goods doubled in one year, consumers would face dire circumstances.
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Nick Rockel,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2024
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But there is still a dire need for effective treatments.
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Diana Kwon,
Scientific American,
15 Aug. 2023
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Bonds away One window into how dire things have become is in the market for its debt.
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Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2024
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Climate news can seem dire with little hope for a better world.
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Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
21 Apr. 2023
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As a result, students across the state must learn amid dire conditions.
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Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2024
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At least, that’s the dire outlook of a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Sep. 2023
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