desperate
Example Sentences
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Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
After 14 desperate days, the wayfarers surrendered to indigenous members of the tiny island of Tobi, who claimed them as slaves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
One retailer described the idea as "crazy" and the act of a "desperate" government.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Such extremes can also spur desperate pocket gophers and antelope squirrels to strip off their outer layer of bark for sustenance, which can be fatal to the trees.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
I had to trust Regan in the same desperate way that a skydiver trusts his parachute, and that feeling was uncomfortable for someone like me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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