Sentence examples for a desperate thing from inspiring English sources

It seemed like a desperate thing for Mussina to broach.

It was such a crazy argument, such a desperate thing to do.

I mean, this was not a mean thing that Brown did, and it's not even a desperate thing -- he's probably going to win the nomination tomorrow, and polls indicate that he'll be competitive in the general election against incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D).

"Showing flesh at the beach is a really desperate thing to do.

I also had people shun me because I was on the show, thinking it was trashy and that it was an ignorant, desperate thing to do.

He knew it was a dangerous and desperate thing to do, but he didn't care.

That this is changing is a "sign of how desperate things have become for low-wage workers", says Mr Schmitt.Yet waving placards is unlikely to raise wages much.

People desperate to keep their jobs do desperate things, a fact that Mr Blair cannot ignore.A second consideration is that he does not yet know the general election result.

No one says so on screen, but the energy and political capital expended on those 120 potential jobs are a sign of how desperate things are in Janesville and surrounding Rock County, where the closing of the auto plant is estimated to have cost 11,000 jobs.

Bill says the fact that we're even talking about this seriously is a measure of how desperate things have become.

"He was kidding, of course, but that gives you an idea of how desperate things are".