I'm sure some dire calamity is happening.
Phillips dire disgrace must inevitably have been their portion.
He had taught the children something of the forest lore that he had himself learned from Tiger Lily and Tinker Bell, and knew that in their dire hour they were not likely to forget it.
" It was a high compliment to Peter that at that dire moment their thoughts turned to him.
There are numerous newspapers and websites to tell you how dire circumstances are, and to encourage you to just give up.
The good news is that the real cause is far less dramatic; unfortunately, it still has dire implications.
One per day, or one per week, depending on how dire your lateness is.
; Diaz said that governments should implement drastic changes now to avoid a "dire future" in 10-20 years when their "food and climate security [is] in jeopardy.
Mark Knopfler, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for rock band Dire Straits is among the super wealthy of Leeds ex-alumni.
The dire assessment puts the spotlight on President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
Dire warnings abound that companies will leave if they lose access to the 28-nation bloc.
Those dire threats are based on Bendick's research into patterns that might predict earthquakes - but claims of an impending "earthquake boom" are mostly sensationalism.
Asia's mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century's end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers have said.
Meditation will give your brain a break from the stress and it will maybe even help you put things into perspective and help you realize that your situation isn't so dire after all.
Social isolation is a growing epidemic — one that's increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences.
The impact on offspring is usually dire.
A sheepish Sophie confirms that she is before the show's host issues the dire warning that the band will play to her every morning for the next five weeks if she is unable to get herself up in the future.
Indeed, if the RMB really is overvalued vis-a-vis the natural flows of the market, it may just be that the PBoC is betting everything on SDR inclusion to overturn the dire state of capital flows — in the hope, of course, that most people don't really understand how the SDR system works and might misinterpret it as intrinsically supportive.
It's no secret that our planet is in a pretty dire condition.
Nevertheless, the situation is more dire when it comes to parents.
