desperate
Example Sentences
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Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.
Meanwhile Annie’s increasingly desperate quest to locate her lost mother takes some curious turns.
Trotsky was a dazzling speaker and a dandy who “never quite stopped being a clever schoolboy desperate to show others how much he had learned.”
Nevertheless, I was desperate for a good distraction.
From Los Angeles Times
As long as investors remain desperate for a crystal ball to show how AI will affect the world as we know it—the volatility will persist.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
