more desperate
Example Sentences
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But amid increasingly volatile conditions, advocates say the predicament of the Australians still stuck in Syria is growing more dangerous and the need to get them home more desperate.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
“The more he stretches the truth in the name of the sale, the more desperate he becomes. Once inside our living room, however, he is far more malignant than any of that.”
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
Even if diplomacy brings a truce rather than an enduring peace, stopping the fighting on almost any terms looks better than prolonging a war that grows ever more desperate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Of those 53, 16 signed in the spring window, when the pool of players is more picked over and programs are more desperate — and willing to pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
He kept digging into their lives, getting more and more desperate, until the front door opened and Scythe Faraday returned.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
