dire

Example Sentences

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Artificial intelligence joins a long list of industries that have prompted dire insider warnings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.

From Los Angeles Times

Officials have warned she may be in dire health without her medication.

From BBC

"If she had gone out there and staked out her territory, gone out and fought for it, then maybe her position would not be as dire as it is today."

From BBC

Other people are under dire financial pressure and feel they must invest to offset expenses.

From Barron's