How to pronounce dire
Listen to dire in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“dire” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 286 American · 510 British · 19 Australian · 4 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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businesses in dire straits.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And sometimes, with dire consequences.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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A DIRE SITUATION LIKE THIS.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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were in quite dire circumstances
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dire. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.