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Which sentence uses the word dire correctly?

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The team was behind by eleven points, and the situation looked dire.

Elle was too dire to complete the test.

She was so dire after the movie that she couldn't stop crying.

Can you dire my homework after I finish it?

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The answer is A. Dire means something along the lines of "bad".
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A, the first one, The team was behind by eleven points, and the situation looked dire. This is because dire means in simplest terms: really bad.
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