Sentence examples for a bit desperate for from inspiring English sources

Personalised plates are regularly used in films and television series to hint that a character is a braggart or an egomaniac or just a bit desperate for attention.

Then your former TV mother got in on the act, Brooke Shields slammed your VMAs appearance for being "a bit desperate," on the Today show.

It still won't come back, even after a century and a half of scientific advance, but there is plenty of remedial work on offer by way of nipping and tucking for those feeling a bit desperate.

The ads make the Yankees look a bit desperate; the last thing they want is for these seats — the "greatest in the world" the team has called them, which will be seen prominently on television — to be empty on opening day and beyond.

When those scarce goods are vital for the smooth running of the economy (as oil is), it is natural for countries to get a bit desperate.

"We were a bit desperate before Zainab showed up here," Mark Smith, the head of covert policing for the Greater Manchester Police, said.

But this move seems a bit desperate.

It was all a bit desperate though.

Sounds a bit desperate, doesn't it?

Everyone is a "bit desperate," the official acknowledged.

I know that you British lefties are a bit desperate.