desperate
Example Sentences
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As a result of this, the crowd waned throughout their performance, with the duo reduced to desperate pleas: “What happened to the hand claps?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
They are desperate for paid work but can't find any.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"So, Seoul is desperate to get some opening with North Korea. But it can do very little, so far."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Such incidents have left many Americans mistrustful of weather apps as a whole, and desperate for viable alternatives.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was a desperate, terrible noise: the noise of something struggling to live.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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