| Having endured the worst tyrannies of the century Nazism and Communism he epitomised the possibility of prevailing in the direst situations. |
| If it is as bad as the direst predictions, the electricity crisis could reverse the recent falls in unemployment. |
| And, indeed, why someone would want to use the drabbest of cliches for the direst of predicaments. |
| She sat under the boughs of a tree and cried, and her tears formed this pool, this pool the direst of blue to symbolize her sorrow. |
| There is no shortage of leftist groups that will tell you so, and in the direst possible terms. |
| The euro went into circulation at the beginning of this year without a hitch, despite the direst warnings. |
