Did the Democrats, who have been predicting dire economic events for the better part of three years, secretly feel vindicated?

This dire event happens when a fish enters a row that is already full of fish.

I believe, though, that two social forces will bring even more dire events in the next century.

Her Tarot card reading had hinted at some dire event.

It was almost as if things were pointing toward even direr events.

He suspected that soon the dire events would reach their climax, and at least part of him wanted to find out what would happen.

Still, it plods along, programming dire events and resorting to trickery instead of development.

So far, none of these dire events have occurred.

You predict dire events, and, the worst of it is, they always happen.

Already some presag'd the dire event, And saw what sacrifice Ulysses meant.