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
There have been weeks of stern, and sometimes fiery, rhetoric where each side sought to paint the other as the more desperate party.
From BBC • May 9, 2025
The more desperate they get, the more they’re willing to overpay for players.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
He watched Benny go to the door and pull on it, his small body looking even smaller as it became more desperate.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
