desperate

Example Sentences

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Back in India, her family was making desperate trips to courts to prove her citizenship so that she could be brought back.

From BBC

As for Millie, she’s young but troubled, and circumstances that darkened her past have made her desperate to hang on to this new job, no matter how disturbing things may get.

From The Wall Street Journal

With three key players out because of injury and USC in desperate need of depth, the Trojans are taking the rare step of adding reinforcements at the midseason mark.

From Los Angeles Times

As with most holiday-related rituals, digging into the history of the yule log as a TV tradition dispels some of its mystical wonder, revealing its origin in desperate necessity.

From Salon

It’s played less for irony and more as context for the relatable world that the directing Philippou brothers built for Sally Hawkins’ desperate pain.

From Los Angeles Times