But the young mother didn't seem to let anything get her down; instead, she was always ready to make light of the most dire situations.

Only a 22-year-old rookie could view a dire situation that way.

He returned to the cell and reported on the dire situation.

"Do you want to know how dire the situation really is?"

He obviously did not understand how dire the situation was.

In such a dire situation, everyone is poor, so nobody can learn anything.

"Your help in this dire situation is more than we could possibly expect."

"Even if the county is in a somewhat dire financial situation, people are willing to pay for a quality of life."

I must point out the dire situation which women who work abroad are in.