Sentence examples for desperate causes from inspiring English sources

Its owners named the well "Santa Rita", after the patron saint of desperate causes.

Journeys into hell continue to be made; extreme situations, dangerous and desperate causes need to be written about, dwelled upon: they are the only possible source of fertility and hope for mankind.

Thousands of young people from some of the Mexican capital's toughest vice-ridden neighborhoods have recently begun making monthly pilgrimages to San Hipólito carrying candles, rosaries and effigies of St . Jude the patron saint of desperate causes.

But until the Great Depression, St . Jude Thaddaeus the patron saint of desperate causes, was not well known to the Catholic population of New Orleans or anywhere else in the United States.

But the issue splits Canadian politicians.In this section From pauper to president: now Lula's struggle really begins Clouds over Quito Desperate causes Contortions on Kyoto ReprintsFor more than two years, the federal energy and environment ministers have been talking with provincial counterparts about how to reduce emissions to meet the Kyoto target (of 6% below 1990 levels).

And his bid to turn the armed forces into a political tool has merely imported Venezuela's political conflict to the barracks.In this section From pauper to president: now Lula's struggle really begins Clouds over Quito Desperate causes Contortions on Kyoto ReprintsThe dissident officers do not command troops.

They do it as a last resort to draw attention to their desperate cause.

Greene fought with passionate defiance in those last strides but it was a desperate cause and it seemed he brought that knowledge on the track last night.

But, having accepted the job, she seems, at the very least, to have accepted the regulations, and she toed the line with a dutiful eagerness in a desperate cause; she worked hard to maintain a show of good cheer and good times while being denied the freewheeling disinhibition that goes with real comedy.

Towards the end of 1772, Clementina and Charlotte unexpectedly arrived in Rome to press their desperate cause in person.

He had carried no weapon; he had never intended to hurt anyone, nor had anyone actually been hurt; it had been done for a noble, if desperate cause.