Sentence examples for as dire as from inspiring English sources

No spell is cast as dire as spellcheck.

The picture is not as dire as you think.

I'll admit, my situation is not as dire as that of the fictional Benjamin Braddock.

Wisconsin's financial problems are not as dire as those of many other states.

But its politics seem as dire as ever— and so do prospects for growth.

The consequences of the fiscal crisis were nearly as dire as Beame had predicted.

The economic picture is not quite as dire as the owners contend.

In any event, the Mets' situation may not be as dire as the mockery suggests.

The situation in Long Island City isn't as dire as in those localities.

But nothing today seems nearly as dire as the problems facing the world in 1938.

Europe's debt crisis is not nearly as dire as it once was.