Other comments spoke of the craving for materialism and the dire prospects of unemployment and drastically reduced social services.

There are concerns about unemployment, the dire prospects for agriculture and the fact that education is woefully underfinanced and inadequate.

Germany faced the dire prospect of defeat and red revolution.

Terrific... In spite of such dire prospects Steve began to find that his anxiety was fading.

It's a dire prospect, but one the astronomer has the right credentials to deal with.

After a week at the clinic, she protests against being force-fed and insists on going home, with no progress and dire prospects.

So could other cities face similarly dire prospects?

But to many of them, running afoul of their parents seems as dire a prospect as running afoul of the law.

If the Bill is outvoted, we are faced with dire prospects.

This dire prospect has some thinking of a compromise candidate.