Noun : Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : Strait is the gate. From Dictionary.com.
The fatherless that had none to help them found Job ready to help them, and, if they were in straits, to deliver them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The straits are a major route for transportation of the world's oil supplies. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Sebastian said the reduced ship traffic in the straits was the only silver lining amid the reality of melting Arctic ice. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A few days later at Cape Foulweather of Cook fame, close to the so-called straits discovered by the Greek pilot John da Fuca in 1592. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Holliday said it will have to be near dire "straits" before he votes for a tax increase. From Wordnik.com. [The Picayune Item Homepage] Reference
I can catch once more at last the straits of towers. From Wordnik.com. [Upwards, Into the White Eye Rising] Reference
Liberia's rock-bottom straits represent an opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Days Of Hope, Days Of Fear] Reference
After all, the Soviet Union is not yet in desperate straits. From Wordnik.com. [How To Help Gorbachev] Reference
In these straits, we desperately need a big shot of Matisse. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Beautiful Show In The World] Reference
Eight districts in each of the provinces are in dire straits. From Wordnik.com. [Mubashir Ahmed: Pakistan Floods: Pulling People Back From the Brink] Reference
The Detroit 3 automakers find themselves in desperate straits. From Wordnik.com. [Best new car deals - American style] Reference
Every day he screens up to 400 tips on companies in dire straits. From Wordnik.com. [Tracking The Dot-Bombs] Reference
Lipstick: Cosmetics giant Kanebo Ltd. finds itself in similar straits. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed To The Edge] Reference
"The market already knows the housing market is in dire straits," said. From Wordnik.com. [Cisco, Intel Ride Tech Buzz] Reference
Whatever their straits, Americans are conditioned to deny any bitterness. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s Vulnerability] Reference
After all, Pakistan's economy was still in dire straits on Sept. 10, 2001. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Weep for Pakistan?] Reference
But he squandered this support and Indonesia's economy fell into dire straits. From Wordnik.com. [A Turning Point For Indonesia] Reference
American education, which used to be the envy of the world, is in dire straits. From Wordnik.com. [Marian Wright Edelman: Changing the Status Quo in Our Schools] Reference
"" They're in dire straits, '' says Patrick McCarthy, chairman of Women's Wear Daily. From Wordnik.com. [Rendering Unto Laura] Reference
Filing for foreclosure typically points to a homeowner in desperate financial straits. From Wordnik.com. [Foreclosures rise as market slumps] Reference
Taipei lifted its investment ban in the early 1990s, and cross-straits business boomed. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Hitched] Reference
But foes argued that the bond financing would only worsen California's financial straits. From Wordnik.com. [California Puts Off Huge Water-Upgrade Effort] Reference
Hamas will be weakened with its patron in Tehran in dire straits after an Israeli strike. From Wordnik.com. [Shai Baitel: A Middle Eastern Quid Pro Quo] Reference
A woman who finds herself in dire straits, forced to sell her body, isn't terribly funny. From Wordnik.com. [Speak Softly And Carry …] Reference
Meanwhile, the real economy of production and jobs, though weakening, is not yet in dire straits. From Wordnik.com. [Beware the Bailout] Reference
But then, you know, they turned to other people, and suddenly he was in rather desperate straits. From Wordnik.com. [Mozart's Last Symphony: The Giant 'Jupiter'] Reference
But as to reports that North Korea was in dire straits, Carter was eager to set the record straight. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Carter, Disappointed] Reference
Though Gorbachev was never broadly popular in Russia, his current straits have won him some sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Personal] Reference
A little more than a decade ago, the same company had been in desperate straits after 10 years of losses. From Wordnik.com. [Stumbling Toward Innovation] Reference
Wakatsuki is the first to acknowledge that these advantages are relative, and that Japan is in dire economic straits. From Wordnik.com. [How Japan Could Save the World] Reference
But by the 1980s, cross-straits ties warmed and China had missiles that could reach Taiwan, so tensions around Kinmen eased. From Wordnik.com. [Where Shells Rained] Reference
While no municipal government is worse off than Philadelphia. cities throughout the Northeast are in tough economic straits. From Wordnik.com. [Cities On The Brink] Reference
"The leadership wants to maintain the status quo in the Taiwan straits," says Prof. Jin Canrong of Beijing's Renmin University. From Wordnik.com. [DANGEROUS STRAITS] Reference
What about all the "" freight '' my taxes are currently paying for when public-schooled children end up in the same dire straits?. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Home For School] Reference
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