direst in a sentence

Examples

1. Had we lost, we would have been in dire straits.
2. Isn't that forecast a little, well, dire?
3. He had become exceptionally thin, prompting speculation about dire illness.
4. But Georgia producers aren't convinced the situation is dire.
5. For the television networks, the situation is slightly less dire.
6. Others were equally dismissive of bourgeois politics, with dire consequences.
7. "We've got a dire problem,"
8. And Morocco's dire economic problems give them ammunition galore.
9. She is also a touch too fast jumping to dire conclusions.
10. Why are so many e-tailers in such dire straits?