Despite the dire circumstances, it was all I could do not to smile at that.

In increasingly dire circumstances, Johnson produced what is clearly his most original work.

Given Poland's dire economic circumstances, moving forward is indeed necessary.

How, in such dire circumstances, could he have dialed the wrong number?

They lived in extremely dire circumstances, while the city was being destroyed around them.

"I had hoped we'd meet again in less dire circumstances."

It is about a young girl who grows up happily despite dire circumstances.

An increasing number of women are now raising children alone, in increasingly dire circumstances.

"But what I'm trying to do as my life goes along is to try not to have to make paintings out of dire emotional circumstances."

Selling the newspaper under such dire circumstances will not be easy.