Sentence examples for desperate survival from inspiring English sources

But the fact that the talking points have not changed, even as the government recasts its strategy from "crash through" to "desperate survival" is an insult to the intelligence of the electorate.

The film – from British screenwriters William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy and directed by Baltasar Kormákur – depicts the desperate survival attempts of two separate groups, led by characters played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke.

We are watching a fairytale, it seems, only this fairytale is about desperate survival: the boy realises that vigilance around the tiger will concentrate his mind, but also that he represents to his companion the last possibility of a square meal.

Sunderland's defensive organisation was a tribute to the man attempting to rescue something from the wreckage of Keane's defection, assistant manager Ricky Sbragia, but as an example of a performance pitched at anything more than the most desperate survival it was pitiful.

Faced with my dad cradling his shame beneath soft eyes, and Mum, hard-faced in her desperate survival, I was exposed as a fool, self-made by childish faith.

The closure of schools, combined with the economic impact on the economy, has increasingly led poor and vulnerable families to adopt desperate survival strategies.

Conflict has destroyed the community's capacity to direct its own future and organise itself; the challenge is turning round that sense of desperate, survival-oriented apathy.

But as the movie goes along, her inane chatter seems more like a desperate psychic survival tool.

Coach and mentor Robert Katende of the Sports Outreach Ministry remembers meeting Mutesi for the first time a decade ago: "She was really desperate for survival," he said.

Desperate for survival, the Rohingya people are fleeing into Bangladesh.

Families in crisis often resort to the unthinkable when desperate for survival and protection.