desperation

Example Sentences

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Although he comes across as lethally ineffective—desperation is not the way to please an audience—the movie positions his act as a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pair singing along to Prine and DeMent’s “In Spite of Ourselves,” with its wincingly funny lovers trading jabs and devotions, is one moment of levity and self-awareness breaking through the desperation.

From Los Angeles Times

It wasn’t the violence that resonated, but rather the heartache and desperation that comes with loving a family member who suffers from an illness that the best efforts and intentions alone can’t cure.

From Los Angeles Times

They leased a plot in search of diamonds partly out of desperation, as their meagre incomes could not keep pace with rising household costs - let alone pay for a wedding, Mr Mohammed told the BBC.

From BBC

"Just the sheer desperation of the situation, you knew it wasn't over."

From BBC