How to use "dire" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "dire" in popular movie and book plots

  • Kennedy lobbies for command of a PT boat, and is assigned to the "109", a badly damaged boat that is in dire need of repair and overhaul.  - PT 109 (film)
  • Graham contacts their base and reports their dire status to dr Fleming (Morris Ankrum), who listens intently and wordlessly over headphones.  - Rocketship X-M
  • Jai gets the king's favor but is warned that there will be dire consequences if he defeats the king again.  - Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
  • Witt becomes drunk and demoralises the men with his dire predictions; the soldiers of the Natal Native Contingent desert.  - Zulu (1964 film)
  • However, he makes it clear that secrecy is to be maintained, with dire consequences.  - Men Behind the Sun
  • To them, the rumor that their enemies the Vaygr are the Sajuuk-Khar- "The Chosen One"- is a dire omen and proof of Sajuuk's anger.  - Homeworld 2
  • Fearing for his health and in dire financial straits, he hires a private detective, Harlan, to retrieve the money from his wife.  - The Last Seduction
  • This goal is quickly placed in dire jeopardy: because of the bad grade, his video game privileges are revoked.  - The Adventures of Willy Beamish
  • The tabloid-worthy secrets in the lives of Powers' wife Ariel and right-hand man Alan Blanchard lead to dire consequences for all.  - Weapons of Mass Distraction
  • After launching a battery of dire threats, the youth finally begs his companions to release him in the name of Aslan.  - The Silver Chair
  • Later he convinced his childhood friend (known only as K), who was in dire straits, to move in with him.  - Kokoro
  • Even as a child, Katadreuffe finds that his path crosses with Dreverhaven, often with dire consequences.  - Character (film)
  • The Maitlands' own caseworker, Juno, informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years, on pain of a dire fate.  - Beetlejuice
  • While the military maneuvers continue, Fulvius and Maciste have fallen into dire straits, exhausted and thirsty in the desert wilderness.  - Cabiria
  • Although his mother pleads with Nikolai to marry a wealthy heiress to rescue the family from its dire financial straits, Nikolai refuses.  - War and Peace
  • A man named Elijah prophesies a dire fate should Ishmael and Queequeg join Ahab.  - Moby-Dick

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