desperate
Example Sentences
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The community choirs said they wanted to us the "emotive power of song" to highlight what they say is the desperate need for a long-term recovery plan to combat pollution and ecological decline.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
I’ve scrapped to just find anything because you’re desperate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The political situation emerges at a remove from the story, which is essentially about a boy’s desperate love for his mother amid trying circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Sarwar said the claim was "nonsense" and later described it as "a desperate lie from a desperate man" - but Offord told BBC Scotland that he stood by what he had said.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Mama must have seen that I was desperate.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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