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
“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
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
Of those 53, 16 signed in the spring window, when the pool of players is more picked over and programs are more desperate — and willing to pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
