Sentence examples for desperately described from inspiring English sources

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I wouldn't have to work so hard if I had $10 for every time a prospective seller desperately described their house as an "albatross," an "anchor," or (hands down, the most lucrative of all) a "giant pain in the ass".

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The Adrenaline Vault's Mike Laidlaw stated that "the folks at Crystal Dynamics obviously have no kindness in their heart for game reviewers trying desperately to describe the plot".

The result was a numbing, bloated film that Pauline Kael accurately described as "desperately with-it".

Mrs. Khan described being desperately unhappy at her in-laws' home, where she remained fully veiled and rarely moved outside her home.

A man described as "desperately ill" by his doctors has become the world's third recipient of a self-contained mechanical heart, after a six-hour operation.

LONDON — Britain marked its 300th military death in the Afghanistan war on Monday, a milestone that Prime Minister David Cameron described as "desperately bad news" and a reminder that Britain was "paying a high price for keeping our country safe".

But the appointment of Peter Clarke, an ex-deputy assistant commissioner of the Met, was described as "desperately unfortunate" by the chief constable of West Midlands Police, Chris Sims.

The Gaza Strip is universally regarded as one of the most impoverished and densely populated places on earth – but Rahma's area can be best described as desperately poor.

Except in extreme circumstances -- if, say, my husband is standing inside a house and desperately trying to describe how it looks to me on the cellphone by saying things like, "Um, I see walls, and what's that thing called, oh, a doorway" -- I have trained myself to skip virtual tours and stick, instead, to listings with multiple still images.

Informal caregivers describe desperately trying to negotiate and fight the system to obtain the next level of formal community care.

Natasha Mumby, Kulokas's partner, has described how she desperately tried to resuscitate him after he stopped breathing.

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