desperation

Example Sentences

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One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.

From Salon

It was the surest sign of her desperation that she wanted to go to Babci’s cottage.

From Literature

Well, January has always been deemed by some as the window of desperation, where clubs only seek to do business if they are in trouble.

From BBC

She begins to run alongside the train, waving with a mix of vigor and desperation—as if she’ll never see us again.

From Literature

In desperation, Bishar Mohamed, no relation to the first villager, travelled more than 150 kilometres with his herd of 170 goats in search of pasture.

From Barron's