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Discover LudwigThe phrase "desperate plea" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a heartfelt or urgent request for help or assistance.
Example: "In her moment of crisis, she made a desperate plea for anyone to come to her aid."
Alternatives: "urgent request" or "heartfelt appeal."
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One asked for water, and made a desperate plea before government fighters took him away.
SAN ANTONIO — Sometimes, the best coaching tactic is a desperate plea to a team's best player.
Witnesses said they had seen soldiers looking exhausted and making a desperate plea for water.
One note, a desperate plea for emotional support, reads as if it were for West alone.
"One is simply a desperate plea not to be sent back to the trenches," says Mrs Yeoman's son, Robert Chapman.
He betrayed his friendship with Jeff Van Gundy for a desperate plea two years ago.
Mrs. La Touche did, however, write again, and Effie responded to her desperate plea for information.
But really they're a last desperate plea for a train-track world in which men serve a useful function.
The first "Lets go, Heat!" chants erupted before the national anthem — a desperate plea for one more stand.
The minute you launch into your most impassioned, desperate plea, that's the moment they know you're nearly done.
At one point she gives a desperate plea to camera, calling for a caveman to sweep her off her feet.
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