George painted a dire picture of another round of Reconstruction to be forced upon Georgia if the northern advisors had their way.

I was shocked by that discovery, but even more so by the dire picture the planner painted.

"I wouldn't paint such a dire picture," he said.

"The dire picture we've had of huge cell losses is wrong for a healthy person whose brain remains structurally intact into old age."

She shivered and put her face in her hands, though she could not shut the dire pictures out of her mind.

My informant yesterday painted a rather dire picture of someone at the far edge.

They paint a more dire picture of the accident, which occurred 360 miles southeast of Guam, than had previously been disclosed.

Relief officials who have spent weeks in the region painted a dire picture not only for the refugees, but for the Zairian military as well.

United Nations planners paint a dire picture of Iraq after extensive bombing and ground fighting.

Several weeks ago, The Guardian ran a series on the decline in public services around the country, painting a dire picture indeed.