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
No wonder they were desperate to convince Iraola to stay, with senior officials negotiating with the manager for 15 months only for no agreement to materialise.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
The Sabres were so desperate that in 2024 they brought back Lindy Ruff, the coach who last led them to the postseason more than a decade earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
But a 2021 set at a notorious homeless encampment in Oakland earned backlash from advocates, who said the band was taking advantage of desperate people to throw aesthetically nihilistic punk shows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
He had planned to save his parents’ juice until he was desperate, but Abby was thirsty and she would be certain to have a tantrum if she didn’t get something to drink.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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