A large clusia tree at the back of his house was less fortunate, and is now in dire shape.

For starters, the system is not in the dire shape it was 11 years ago when the Legislature financed the first of two capital plans.

State officials say the fund is in dire shape, with a serious deficit.

Moore is in dire shape after a series of strokes, says the publication.

"How can we even afford this one, considering the dire financial shape you claim we're in?"

Some of the evacuees are in particularly dire shape.

At some major companies, they are in even more dire shape than pensions.

Most of Mississippi's $300 million cotton crop is also in dire shape.

Following the war, the railroad found it was in dire shape.

A state that does not heed these warnings is in dire shape.