When the travelers realized that they were lost and their food was gone their situation looked dire indeed.    From LearnThat.org. 

Every sharecropper I met was in dire financial straits.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Strawberry Fields] Reference

All fell towards the Center in dire ruin, sinking down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake & Virtuality: An Exchange] Reference

Your hysterics show you are are in dire need of a break.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » New York court nixes gay marriage.] Reference

"We're really in dire straits with resourcing," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush's Lost Year] Reference

If S4C didn't exist that sector would be in dire straits.    From Wordnik.com.  [S4C cuts set to hit Welsh production companies] Reference

Ranger also never seems to be in dire need of rent money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: High Five by Janet Evanovich] Reference

Also, we were in dire need of some Star Wars postings.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 2004] Reference

She now works with "people in dire straits", says Freeman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young, gifted and likely to suffer for it] Reference

I am in dire need of clarification regarding that request.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast PM: July 7, 2006] Reference

The next mayor will inherit a city in dire fiscal condition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sheriff Won't Run for Mayor of Chicago] Reference

There are also other prisoners who are in dire need of help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound!] Reference

With streaming eyelids and a heart that burnt in dire dismay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

If you ask me, they are all in dire need of a humorous corrido.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superman is an illegal alian: humor and satire in the corrido] Reference

But the simple fact is, the nation is in dire straits right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Open For Questions’ Has Some Answers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

You are in dire need of reading comprehension and history courses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » “Public outrage, sporadic before, is growing] Reference

Lien deals - 10/15/2006: "Lien deals leave Paterson in dire straits".    From Wordnik.com.  [Senior Center developer on hot seat over unpaid taxes] Reference

But I am in dire need of some information on Tlalpujahua (Michoacan).    From Wordnik.com.  [Information] Reference

Mood index: in dire need of the demon Caf: Flightcrank, "What You Need".    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Authorkeeping 101: Don't Wait] Reference

The woman I talked to had no children and was in dire financial straits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Large Mexican Families] Reference

The area is also in dire need of a clean up as garbage is strewn everywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Driving from Guadalajara to Laredo and back] Reference

Non-profits dole out grants to freelancers in dire debt from hospital bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexandra Marvar: Artists Barter for Health Care at the First O+ Festival] Reference

If we wanted to help people in dire situations, there are better candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Breaking: Terrorist Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Strikes] Reference

Now, the former child star is 44 and in dire need of a wardrobe intervention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Oct. 29, 2010] Reference

It is a well known fact that are roads and bridges are in dire need of repair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saturday Word: Roads and Cars - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

“If we wanted to help people in dire situations, there are better candidates.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Breaking: Terrorist Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Strikes] Reference

Still, its good for the country that history bails our republic in dire times gone by. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Lincoln Moment for Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Which is still in dire need of a title, as nobody (not even me) liked the first suggestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friday] Reference

April 2006 – June 2003 = 34 months. wwallace, you are in dire need of remedial math classes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » September 2004: Gingrich Blasts Critics of Iraq War Who ‘Complain We’re Not Winning Fast Enough’] Reference

It seems to me that the retail chains are in dire need of some sort of Print On Demand service.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do bookstores survive?] Reference

"It seems to me that the retail chains are in dire need of some sort of Print On Demand service.".    From Wordnik.com.  [How do bookstores survive?] Reference

The new colonists were in dire straits, forced to eat "dogs and rats, also grubs and unknown herbs.".    From Wordnik.com.  [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference

Olmert is trying to save Israel by compromising with the Palestinians, and he is in dire need of help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unforgiven] Reference

Senate confirms what Republicans have been saying for years - that Illinois is in dire need of change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

On another occasion she had a maid whose husband ran away leaving her and the children in dire straits.    From Wordnik.com.  [A House Far South in Mexico by Elaine Dandh] Reference

People are in dire straits and they're abandoned, so they have to use the environment any way they can.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beverly Bell: An Alternative Environmental Future for Haiti] Reference

Note to self: Denny has zero sense of humor and is in dire need of several enemas to relieve the pressure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkProgress is leaving Las Vegas.] Reference

There was a colony of Cretan refugees at Nauplia, another at Argos, both in dire need of food and clothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference

Anyone who would suggest something this utterly and completely ridiculous is in dire need of professional help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Hoekstra: Admin. Must ‘Keep the Intelligence Committees Fully Informed of What They Are Doing’] Reference

Having grown up in dire need and poverty, Martin could not quite comprehend the sight of those luxurious rooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE HEROINES OF JACK LONDON] Reference