Example Sentences

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Rather than jumping into a play-by-play, let’s zoom in on the direness of the situation right now.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2023

Case managers also have opportunities to press for housing for people when they feel the survey score isn’t properly reflecting the direness of their situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Say the names “Lindsay Scott” and/or “Buck Belue,” and Georgian memories whoosh back to one play — the former’s 93-yard catch from the latter and direness in 1980 against Florida.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2023

Her parents didn’t realize the direness of her situation.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2018

There were men working among the wreckage, directing each other with guttural disparaging cries, moving efficiently yet slowly, as if the direness of the damage had made them lose all heart.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca