desperate

Example Sentences

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Speaking to AFP again this January, Volodymyr recalled the incident, his recovery and how he was desperate to help the Ukrainian war effort once again.

From Barron's

Franks was desperate to get into Footlights, the famous university drama group, but kept being rejected.

From BBC

Following the latest revelations, historian David Olusoga told BBC Newsnight there is now "a desperate desire within government and within the palace to draw a firewall… between this crisis and the wider monarchy".

From BBC

"But in order for us to stay in this tournament, we've got to be just as desperate, emotional and clinical as we were last week."

From Barron's

He may well try to answer that in his State of the Union address — if only because of his desperate desire for immortality.

From Salon