desperate

Example Sentences

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This challenges the idea that young people are desperate to be permanently online.

From BBC

"I was that desperate, I put some chairs and blankets in the car and got there at five in the morning," she says.

From BBC

Arteta's Arsenal will be desperate to shed their tag as the side that has come up short in recent years.

From BBC

I know that sounds like a desperate postmodern gambit, but it pays hilarious and chilling dividends by turning episodes previously recounted only in disputed legal proceedings into confrontational Brechtian theater.

From Salon

With Cuba in desperate need of fuel, maritime trackers reported this week that two tankers carrying Russian oil and diesel appeared to be on their way to the island, but their status remains unclear.

From Barron's