"The Fortune-Teller's dire predictions caused Jenane to fear for her safety."
"Messing with the rottweiler led to dire consequences"
The company is in dire straits. The dire situation kept the lifeboat's occupants quiet.
what was so dire ? The surgery was very dire .
The family didn't notice the dire need of their grandmother's finances.
Due to the dire circumstances with which they were trapped in, the leader quickly decided to sacrifice himself for the sake of the others.
I am in dire need of two aspirin tablets.
I had a dire weekend, because of that stupid dog!
You will be in dire straits if you do not learn your vocabulary words.
Dire is an anagram of ride.
It was horrendous how a dire threat like that could send me over the edge.
The only meaning for "dire" that I know of is the traditional dictionary one.
The adverb form of "dire" is "direly."