desperate
Example Sentences
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I’ve scrapped to just find anything because you’re desperate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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
There’s precedent for companies to attempt dramatic — or desperate —pivots in an attempt to capitalize on hot trends.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
In the physical market, there are clearly more buyers desperate for oil than sellers, whose supply is stuck in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
And it was strange, he’d thought, how the trees—though Clare named them and talked to them and felt desperate for their affection—never perked up to see him the way Captain did.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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