- plural of strait.
straits
Example Sentences
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Investors had been fleeing BuzzFeed’s stock as the once-popular media outlet found itself in deeper financial straits.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
The airlines emphasized Spirit’s dire financial straits, but the judge found that that distress didn’t meet a rigorous “failing firm” threshold that would’ve triggered friendlier antitrust treatment.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
Staging a Shakespeare tragedy with just four actors sounds like a potentially comic stunt or an unfortunate advertisement of dire economic straits, in either case a radical diminishment of the play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
"Renewables offer safer, cheaper, cleaner energy that can't be held captive by narrow shipping straits, or global conflicts," Stiell said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
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