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dire sentence examples

  • Dire at times in the late 70's to 80's the field of candidates is too hard to pick through.
  • Consequently we busily create ominous circumstances which could make the 21st century even more dire than the 20th century.
  • Dire straits.
  • Sadly hiding place were pretty dire to say the least, there was nothing good about them at all.
  • Dire to say the least, there was nothing good about them at all.
  • Scully: i don't mean for this to sound too dire.
  • Dire of circumstances.
  • Dire gnosis...
  • Read all top rated reviews... absolutely dire, a huge disappointment.
  • How have you allowed your financial situation to become so dire, my dear girl?
  • Dire consequences for large numbers of people with hiv.
  • How then do we address such potentially dire threats of genetic engineering?
  • Demonic 21st march 2006, 20:29 originally posted by shazz it looks dire.
  • Dire warnings about not dropping these down into the void.
  • The rest of the first half was fairly dire.
  • From the point of view of one of the trainers, the situation is getting dire indeed.
  • Dire predictions, there have been no job losses.
  • The first visit was so dire, i was compelled to write and complain.
  • Most of us, when in some direction we think ourselves to be strong, are in dire peril of collapse.

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