desperate

Example Sentences

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Once I asked Ben if he would be ready to play for me and for England he straight away, and without hesitation, said he would love that and he was desperate to come back.

From BBC

"I'm the opposite of desperate. I don't care."

From Barron's

One 62-year-old driver in Manila told the BBC the situation was getting increasingly desperate, saying he had no food to support his five children and had not received any cash aid from the government.

From BBC

This challenges the idea that young people are desperate to be permanently online.

From BBC

"I was that desperate, I put some chairs and blankets in the car and got there at five in the morning," she says.

From BBC