more desperate
Example Sentences
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Market participants have been desperate for anything resembling good news for weeks, and even more desperate to see concrete steps towards de-escalation, Pepperstone’s Michael Brown said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
As app users become even more desperate for human connection and worse at identifying what’s written by bots, they’ll be pulled toward profiles that are overtly unconventional to avoid being led astray.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026
Even if diplomacy brings a truce rather than an enduring peace, stopping the fighting on almost any terms looks better than prolonging a war that grows ever more desperate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
But recently, our inboxes have fewer queries for dispassionate data and more desperate questions about travel, safety and rights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
He kept digging into their lives, getting more and more desperate, until the front door opened and Scythe Faraday returned.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
