more desperate
Example Sentences
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“The more he stretches the truth in the name of the sale, the more desperate he becomes. Once inside our living room, however, he is far more malignant than any of that.”
From Slate • Feb. 25, 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
For Churchill, an avid collector of rare and exotic animals, the platypus's intrigue only made him more desperate to have one – or six – for his menagerie.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
The more desperate they get, the more they’re willing to overpay for players.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
I had stupidly left it there, and another prisoner, perhaps even colder and more desperate than I, had taken it.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
