This is really just a story about the dire state of the economy and individuals over spending.

It won't work as people are losing their jobs and the dire state of the western economy.

It isn't just the dire state of the labor market.

Our country is in a dire state when candidates have to court the "apathy vote."

The Soviet move focused attention on the dire state of the Cambodian economy.

Labour party finances are in a dire state at present it would be madness to "force the unions out"

Two weeks ago I analysed how we got into the current dire state.

This dire state of affairs must not be allowed to continue.

Once more the company, after heavily investing in an industrial project, was found in a dire financial state.

Despite the dire economic state at the time, the Record "held its own", and sold 57,000,000 copies in 1893.