Sentence examples for desperation from inspiring English sources

When, out of desperation, I dial it a final time, someone picks up.

The desperation to be, or feel, as close as possible to the Kaaba has forced buildings to become ever higher, ever more ridiculously tapered, so everyone can have a view, however notional, of the sacred centre.

In desperation he started shooting a few frames of a horse that happened to be passing.

Or desperation, since, of the other strikers, Gary Hooper has not netted since Boxing Day and Johan Elmander and Luciano Becchio don't look like they will ever trouble Premier League goalkeepers.

This face of desperation is the face of the 19th century avant garde, risking and even courting sickness with drink and drugs.

It's like Blackie the donkey for posh readers... Smacks of desperation at Daily Telegraph".

Or they're supposed to be like Splash!, where the second series is just a lazy replica of the first and the whole thing stinks of last-chance, please-like-me desperation.

The Arab spring – triggered by slow growth, high youth unemployment, and widespread economic desperation – has given way to a long winter in Egypt and Libya, where the alternatives are a return to authoritarian strongmen and political chaos.

The venom directed at Lee this week simply reflects the desperation within the ranks of Fianna Fáil as it faces two crucial byelections, local government elections and the European poll all on one day – 5 June to be precise.

At first sight surely desperation; the black king simply goes 1…Kg4 and gobbles up the pawn on the next turn.

But Jandyra's fate shone a light on the cruel, illegal trade in women's desperation.