Sentence examples for clearly desperate from inspiring English sources

The fact that Bertelsmann was clearly desperate to avoid this fate strengthened Mr Frère's hand.

Meadlo talked and talked, clearly desperate to regain some self-respect.

The migrants are clearly desperate, as demonstrated by the risks they are willing to take.

Mark was broke, had had an abusive childhood and was clearly desperate for attention.

Most frequently he repeats, "My thoughts are under my control," a wishful assessment of a clearly desperate state of mind.

For all his good-natured bonhomie off the court he is clearly desperate to do well at another major.

"Unlike the artist in the play, he was not creating anything, and this was clearly a desperate situation".

Union members at St Andrews accepted the deal but then withdrew after talking to their national office.But universities are clearly becoming desperate, and the arrival of at least four firms of ambulance-chasing lawyers keen to persuade students to sue for breach of contract can only make them more so.

It clearly is desperate to curb new lending and investment.The State Council, China's highest executive body, has issued new guidelines requiring companies to use more of their own capital and less debt to fund steel, aluminium, cement and property projects, the sectors which show most signs of overheating.

Peter Fieldman, Paris Reign of error Regarding the editorial "In the spirit of openness" (April 24): Former Vice President Dick Cheney's rush to defend the actions of the Bush administration's use of torture is clearly a desperate, last-ditch gambit to deflect soon-to-be released information.

The actress' most recent arrest, as unfortunate as it might be, may also be the key to getting Bynes the professional help she's clearly so desperate for.