Sentence examples for desperately held from inspiring English sources

I desperately held the rod over my head trying to keep the line from catching on bits of coral.

When the militants struck in the town, around 15 soldiers stationed in Chibok desperately held them off for almost an hour.

PAGE B9 FRANCE TIES ENGLAND On a day of blistering heat and searing chances from France, England desperately held on for a 1-1 draw in the opening soccer match for both teams at the European Championships.

DONETSK, Ukraine — On a day of blistering heat and searing chances from France, England desperately held on for a 1-1 tin in the opening match for both teams at the European Championships.

The fourth company desperately held out at a hilltop against Viet Cong artillery barrages and large infantry charges, before slipping out through the enemy positions at dawn.

The illusions of American immunity to draconian polity that many have desperately held onto thus far have ended, as another great poet wrote, "not with a bang but with a whimper".

They're desperately holding on to their youth.

Many ultra-Orthodox leaders feel threatened by the integration into the broader society by some of their followers, and they are desperately holding on to their power.

"It's awful for the governor to try to desperately hold on to power by scaring people," Mr. Christie said at the end of the video.

But they will continue living their lives, mistrusting one another, resenting everyone else and desperately holding on to the belief that they have a plan.

Imagine a doctor prattling on about doomed foetal limbs and kidneys while an exposed woman desperately holds her ears to keep the details at bay.