desperate

Example Sentences

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Aquino Sajili said passengers had raced to one side of the ship in a desperate attempt to rebalance it before he heard a "loud snap" that preceded the ship's rapid sinking.

From Barron's

A scruffy shrub fence that was in desperate need of trimming leaned all around it.

From Literature

As their ferry began listing heavily in the middle of the night off the southern Philippines, passengers instinctively raced to one side in a desperate bid to rebalance the doomed vessel.

From Barron's

"I've been here less than two weeks and I'm desperate to do well and improve the team and finish as high as we can," he said.

From Barron's

If they skip ahead, they’re desperate to know more about that, too.

From Salon