desperate
Example Sentences
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"We are desperate," said Salah, whose two children, out of school, survive only thanks to the milk from his cattle.
From Barron's
With the puck inches away from sneaking past him, a desperate, flailing Hellebuyck reached back and somehow managed to deflect it away at the last possible moment.
The magnitude of the defeat has left India with a desperate net run-rate of -3.8 and likely needing to win their last two Super Eight matches convincingly to make it to the semi-finals.
From Barron's
"Some of them are really desperate," he said.
From Barron's
The crisis has heaped more pressure on the state-chartered Fair Plan, an insurer of last resort for desperate homeowners.
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