Finding herself in severe financial straits she went along to the appropriate authority to ask for money to buy food for her children.

Despite the company's severe financial straits, "Ragtime" will continue to play on Broadway.

The Company was in severe financial straits, and money from the sale of the coins was needed.

Also, several officials said that he was in severe financial straits and needed to continue drawing his congressional salary for as long as possible.

Despite the prohibitions, domains in severe financial straits occasionally issued paper money.

By this point, the woodblock industry was in severe straits.

A combination of this largesse and government intervention eventually put Louis in severe financial straits.

Also, Allied Broadcasting had somehow gotten into severe financial straits.

As a result, the company is in severe financial straits, and most analysts expect it will soon sell off huge chunks of assets.

Unfortunately, this enabled him to pursue his passion for gambling at the local race meetings, and he was soon in severe financial straits.