Sentence examples for desperate place from inspiring English sources

"Detroit is a more desolate, desperate place.

The site is a living reproach to European society – a desperate place populated by desperate people".

Too many end up in the same desperate place as Eiswert.

At first glance, their camp looks like a desperate place for desperate people.

Yet what also came through powerfully was that Butterfly was in a desperate place: both poor and deeply in love.

But by the headlines, you would think it a lost and desperate place, riddled by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.

"I have seen how transformative sports can be in the most desperate places in the world.

"If you keep the focus of the camera tight enough, you can show gains [from gambling], particularly in the most desperate places," says MrLeone.

He said: "When the United Nations deploys peacekeepers, we do so to protect the world's most vulnerable people in the world's most desperate places.

Most of the 6,000 Islamic groups operating worldwide are considered legitimate and provide emergency relief in dangerous and desperate places with the support of friendly states.

For some reason no one seems to understand, its grant comes from the overseas aid budget, so it competes with Darfur and other desperate places for money.