Sentence examples for desperate for recognition from inspiring English sources

As for Mr Hun Sen, he is desperate for recognition and the resumption of aid, most of which was suspended after his 1997 coup.

"The Iranians are desperate for recognition and so they have disregarded their usual devotion to protocol – and their anti-British vitriol – on this occasion," the French official reported.

Ask any aspiring screenwriter desperate for recognition or newly minted Ph.D. in English literature angling for a job in her field.

One of the issues I see in nursing, and I am as guilty as any other, is that we don't feel respected, so as a result we are desperate for recognition.

The doppelgängers grow into a zombielike mob, however, and the telephone greeting "It's me," originally a deception, becomes a desperate plea for recognition.

Mr. Tambor could shift tones on a dime, exposing Hank's desperate need for recognition by transforming a qualm into a plea and a plea into a full-blown tantrum, or suddenly darkening the character by suggesting the possibility of megalomania beneath the sad-sack exterior.

The rebels, desperate for foreign recognition and the financial aid that they hope accompanies it, have been recognized by a few countries, including France, Italy, Qatar, Gambia and the Maldives.

Qatar faces intense pressure to avoid any embarrassing mishaps like those that afflicted India in October before the Commonwealth Games as India tried to showcase a country desperate for international recognition as more than just a wealthy mercenary that could buy talent and put up skyscrapers.

It still is". Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met in Paris on Monday night with a member of Libya's rebel leadership to assess the group's intentions and capabilities, and she heard from a movement under siege and desperate for international recognition, assistance and a no-fly zone.

When asked a grade-school-style question of who Canada likes better, the UK or the US, Trudeau claimed we're less desperate for "external recognition or external definitions".

More than anything, he was desperate for acceptance and recognition within the U.K. scientific community, De Groote says.