For foreign investors who held French banknotes the situation was particularly dire.

All of this exacerbated the dire financial situation of the new government.

It's not going to result in dire consequences, but it's not good.

Wood said the United States wanted to help people in dire need.

He said most people understood that the situation in Iraq was dire.

On the production side Mexico's oil industry is in dire straits, however.

The implications for the economy and Ireland's relations with Europe are dire.

Either way, his current situation was even more dire than her own.

The country's dire economic situation has caused shortages of food and medicine.

And even despite that payment, the energy crisis in Zimbabwe is dire.

Survival International, an indigenous tribe advocacy group, says the situation is dire.

The situation is dire for those not eligible for government welfare payments.

Ours is a dire situation and it is time to fight back.

A spokesman for the Rio police force said the situation was dire.

The major focus though should be on turning this dire situation around.

After seven years, the show is in dire need of a change.