As a result, it was desperate enough to commit money to torpedoes, as mines were called then.
Rather than wolfing down endless petrol station sandwiches all day, I now only indulge when I'm desperate enough to commit to hours of faff.
Desperate Willie tries to commit suicide numerous times rather than live with a loose woman.
Many Americans were still desperate to avoid committing to a European war.
While Clinton agreed with Tony Blair (whose finest hour this was – shame about the rest) and the Europeans that something had to be done, he was desperate to avoid committing US ground troops for fear of attacks from the Republicans – who of course showed no such compunction over Iraq.
The protagonist has the very Walter White esque handicap of terminal cancer, by this point a proven strong narrative device that allows the character to commit desperate acts with the audience's implicit approval and prompts a deep soul search within the character.
If you are desperate for your friend to commit to losing weight, resist the temptation to threaten by using "or else" statements or making your friendship or affection contingent on his or her commitment to losing weight.
Late in the movie she drives her angelic preadolescent son, Anton (Donatien Suner), to commit a desperate act.
Almost all suggested that the government's suppression of the movement had driven them to commit increasingly desperate acts.
We rue the fact that there are so many troubled individuals out there, desperate for help and poised to commit terrible crimes, for no apparent reason.
