dire situation

Frequency: 7.29.3 per million words

Refers to a very serious and difficult situation or condition.

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Examples (10)

  • The refugees are facing a dire situation with no food or shelter.
  • The company found itself in a dire situation after losing its biggest client.
  • Without immediate medical intervention, the patient's condition will become a dire situation.
  • Climate change has created a dire situation for many island nations.
  • The report highlighted the dire situation of the country's public education system.
  • He was in a financially dire situation and had to sell his house.
  • We must act now to prevent this from escalating into a dire situation.
  • How did we let things get to such a dire situation?
  • The nation was in a dire situation during the great famine.
  • The team came together to resolve the dire situation and save the project.