The people of the Empire haven't done anything to hurt us, and by now they must be in terrible straits.

No, he was in terrible straits and there was nothing that I could do or say to comfort him.

As you might imagine, Caleb's disappearance left Bethany and Bliss in terrible straits.

I was in terrible financial straits.

Whereat Cousin Sophia put her handkerchief to her eyes pathetically as if the world were indeed in terrible straits.

The three officers had strayed away in a blizzard from the main column and had been lost for days in the woods, which explains sufficiently the terrible straits to which they were reduced.

Remember that we are in terrible straits.

These kids are in terrible straits.

Sulla lay in terrible straits still vomiting blood while his lover held his head and his wife crouched in a fever of trembling, not knowing what to do.

Afraid of discovery and arrest, he hid until the Anderson was in such terrible straits that it appeared only he could save the ship.