direst

Example Sentences

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A recent drought saw the three direst years on record, which dropped reservoirs around the state to dangerously low levels and prompted mandatory rationing and even caused some hydroelectric power plants to shut down.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

This is an ancient and nearly universal idiom that resurfaces, in different forms, in different places, and at different times, in the direst of circumstances.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

Equally miraculous is a nonfiction movie forged in the direst of challenges that never comes across like an issue-driven medical narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

By contrast, Biden spoke of his “obsessive optimism” on Wednesday, cutting the figure of a man who has previously been considered politically endangered only to defy at least the direst predictions.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

I would be in the direst of dire straits, facing a bleak future, when some small thing, some detail, would transform itself and appear in my mind in a new light.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel