I am in dire need of two aspirin tablets.
You will be in dire straits if you do not learn your vocabulary words.
what was so dire ? The surgery was very dire .
It was horrendous how a dire threat like that could send me over the edge.
We can abstract the writer's fears in this dire situation.
That young lady persevered despite her dire circumstances.
The company is in dire straits. The dire situation kept the lifeboat's occupants quiet.
"Messing with the rottweiler led to dire consequences"
The family didn't notice the dire need of their grandmother's finances.
"The Fortune-Teller's dire predictions caused Jenane to fear for her safety."
Due to the dire circumstances with which they were trapped in, the leader quickly decided to sacrifice himself for the sake of the others.
I sat there, hoping she would call me back... I was hoping to go out with my friends.