Desperate for excitement, Jill has Simon "modded", but he goes on the rampage so Pete has to come and shut him down with a metal bar, his ferocity fuelled by Simon mentioning the words "penetrate" and "your wife" in the same sentence.
Jets fans at MetLife Stadium were desperate for some excitement before Tebow entered the game.
Children shook with excitement, desperate to be able share their aspirations.
Intel's aggressive promotion of ultrabooks seems like a somewhat desperate attempt to inject excitement into a category that has lost momentum.What is more, the well-fortified world of Wintel provided the PC market with relatively juicy margins.
Disconnected from any source of meaning, all that remains for him is a desperate craving for numbness, excitement, and approval.
And while the haunting piano and hushed, smoky tones beloved of millions of fans induced much excitement among those desperate to hear the full song, the clip also inspired plenty of memes.
As Iceland ran, three on one, to the winning goal, the announcer, Guðmundur Benediktsson, was driven to a desperate, orgasmic, inarticulate siren of excitement, now legendary on the Internet, and never to be forgotten by anyone who heard it live.
The frenzied vote-counting, the desperate lobbying, the great mounting excitement on the floor only carry you so far, and then you have to explain that the vote is on the question of, umm, non-severability.
Selznick was desperate to re-create the national excitement that Gone with the Wind (1939) had enjoyed, and he also wanted a spectacular showcase for Jennifer Jones, his future wife.
But thanks to a terrific cast, theatergoers are likely to experience a heady buzz of excitement and clarity that any of the desperate characters onstage would kill for (3:15).
