in dire circumstances vs stranded

in dire circumstances

stranded

adj
  • Abandoned or marooned. 

  • Run aground on a shore or reef. 

  • That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover. 

  • Having the specified number or kind of strands. 

  • Made by combining or bundling thinner wires. 

How often have the words in dire circumstances and stranded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )