dire predicament
Frequency: 6.56.2 per million words
Refers to a very serious and difficult situation or condition.
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- The company found itself in a dire predicament after losing its main investor.
- Now I really was in a dire predicament.
- Lost in the desert with no water, the hikers faced a dire predicament.
- The team's dire financial predicament forced them to sell their best players.
- The nation was in a dire predicament, caught between war and famine.
- Without immediate funding, the charity faces a dire predicament.
- This report highlights the dire predicament of refugee camps in the region.
- The captain realized the ship was in a dire predicament as the storm worsened.
- He never thought he would end up in such a dire predicament, with no one to turn to for help.
- She found herself in a dire predicament when her passport was stolen abroad.
- Ignoring these warnings could lead us into a dire predicament from which we cannot escape.
- The government is struggling to find a way out of this dire predicament.
- They remembered the dire predicament they were in during the great flood of '98.
- He didn't fully understand the dire predicament he was in until it was too late.
- Only through international aid could the country escape its dire predicament.
- Economic sanctions have placed the nation in a dire predicament.
- Many coastal communities are in a dire predicament due to rising sea levels.
- The refugees are in a dire predicament, lacking both food and shelter.
- With his health failing rapidly, the patient was in a dire predicament.
- Only a miracle could save them from such a dire predicament.