desperation

Example Sentences

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That said, most of those teams will be playing with more desperation as they look to make the playoffs — and some could look a lot different after Friday’s trade deadline.

From Los Angeles Times

His comrades have been slowly picked off, and without human connections he has further transformed into a hunted animal, driven to elude his pursuers purely by “anger and desperation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Mama,” I said in desperation, “you can’t make me go to my room now. I have to go down in the bottoms tonight and dig a hole.”

From Literature

As the upset to end all upsets loomed large, Scotland pounded hard at the Welsh line, their desperation in full flow, the home defiance bordering on the heroic.

From BBC

Swinney suggested it was "desperation" which drove his opponents to make such serious claims.

From BBC