So, let's list disappointing items in manner of slightly desperate 51-year-old channelling Sex in the City, Friends and bad BJ-parody.
Her manner was "almost desperate," said one adviser.
The defeat has cost them another talisman, Jonny Wilkinson, who left the field after an hour clutching his shoulder in that horribly familiar manner, having made another desperate tackle on, yes, you guessed it, Daniel Carter.
Actually, it's not the core message, but each one of these charges has been used (in a baseless manner, of course) by desperate Republican strategists in ads and emails targeting Democratic candidates in House and Senate races.
He wen on and on, and his manner reminded us of the desperate sincerity that the Late Robert Benchley used to find himself engulfed in when he delivered "The Treasurer's Report".
Its use must be approached in a responsible manner and not out of a desperate attempt to justify lack of personal evolution by declaring 'It must be a past life thing'.
Is English soccer so desperate it would accept such mediocre results regardless of the manner in which they're delivered?
Getting desperate, he was soon online, chatting to people pushing all manner of lifesaving diets.
Desperate, I took the classic Right Wing recourse to all manner of tribulation: I turned to prayer.
I pity the unfortunate director, Peter Chelsom, having to preside over all the egos at work on this muddled, unfocused comedy of manners that has become a legend for its desperate script rewrites and ruinous schedule over-runs.
