Sentence examples for desperately hold from inspiring English sources

"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.

"When I was young, we were just trying to desperately hold on to things," said Edon Waycott, whose "Preserving the Taste" (Hearst Books, 1996) is one of the group's bibles.

Later videos depict the horrific aftermath of the crash and the scrambling rescue effort, with migrants handing off young children to those on land while others desperately hold on to the debris of the collapsing ship.

We desperately hold onto the claim that Islam, Sharia, the Quran and the example of Muhammed are all perfect, even though many of us wouldn't want to be living in a place where Sharia, Quranic commands and the Hadiths are followed to the letter.

What you need to avoid is becoming the "oh, anyone can do that" person -- the same-old-same-old type of employee who offers nothing special, that eventually becomes expendable instead of being the high-value, gotta-keep-that-guy employee that companies desperately hold onto.

They're desperately holding on to their youth.

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

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.

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.

In 1941 he was imprisoned by the British, who were desperately holding the Japanese at bay and had no time for agitators.