desperate
Example Sentences
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Ellie says she had been desperate to be an infantry soldier.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Barring a miracle, those unaccounted for have also died, leaving the families still searching for their loved ones underneath the rubble in a desperate limbo.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Aikebaer’s daughter told CBS LA she has no clue why the men would target her dad, saying that her family is just as desperate for answers as the rest of the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
An antidote to August ennui: When Byard Duncan began to feel the creep of a midlife crisis, he realized that desperate times call for farcical measures.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
When the people you loved left, that love remained, floating around, desperate for a place to go.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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