dire

How to use dire in a sentence

• Other regions have so far done a better job containing the spread, including Africa, despite dire predictions early on about potential spread on the continent.

  50 million world Covid-19 cases: The biggest outbreaks, explained | Christina Animashaun | November 9, 2020 | Vox

• The situation was dire enough for the state to contact Cyber Command using the newly instituted Cyber 9-Line, an emergency, data-sharing channel.

  U.S. says it’s prepared for cyber election threats. But weaknesses remain | Verne Kopytoff | November 2, 2020 | Fortune

• You can track cases by state here, with the Dakotas and Montana in the most dire shape.

  Be Very Afraid: A Virtual House of Horrors | Tracy Moran | October 25, 2020 | Ozy

• Somewhat surprisingly, what the three-person team found wasn’t that dire.

  A stranded oil tanker at risk of spilling in the Caribbean looks to be safe — for now | Jariel Arvin | October 22, 2020 | Vox

• Her potential confirmation will have dire, dire consequences for the Senate, for the Supreme Court and our entire country for generations to come.

  Barrett moves one step closer to a seat on the Supreme Court as Republicans on Senate panel advance her nomination | Seung Min Kim, Paulina Firozi | October 22, 2020 | Washington Post