Sentence examples for desperate engagement from inspiring English sources

As Marc Leepson writes in the book "Desperate Engagement," a Baltimore Sun correspondent reported that Early's men, bloated with confidence, "frequently could be heard to indulge in little controversies as to what buildings should be allowed to stand, and what should be destroyed".

This unusual method of selection was used after the Admiralty board was unable to choose which members of the crew deserved the honour after a desperate engagement between a Q-ship and a German submarine off the Irish coast.

"The engagement started as a desperate fight for life by two small squads of militia … against the entire tent colony, which attacked them with over three hundred armed men".

Twitter is desperate for engagement.

The reason this matters is that Facebook is desperate for engagement, especially amongst younger users who are slipping away from it to Snapchat and Instagram.

Further tightening sanctions against North Korea may lead Pyongyang back to the negotiation table as it will be ever more desperate for international engagement, but desperation could also provoke very volatile results.

9 P.M. (ABC) MODERN FAMILY In this 100th episode, Cameron Eric Stonestreett) is desperate to hide his engagement until he can break the news to his older, single sister (Dana Powell).

The Canadian government's official Twitter account recently tweeted several images of Canadian-themed Pokemon in a desperate bid for brand engagement.

6) Your institution will support you Universities and research councils are desperate to throw money at public engagement, so get savvy about tapping into funding, spaces and networks.

There is now a desperate need for a new type of engagement with Haiti.

The engagement was described as "bloody" and "desperate" and, though damage was caused to the town's St Modwen's church, the battle seems to have been decided by the action at the bridge.