Sentence examples for despite desperate measures from inspiring English sources

By 1929, however, the peseta (the Spanish currency) began to fall in value despite desperate measures to prop it up.

Whaling nations have amassed a blubber mountain, despite desperate measures, such as mixing the stuff into dog food.

Operators fear that if they cannot establish control, despite increasingly desperate measures to do so, the reactors could experience full meltdowns, which would release catastrophic amounts of radiation.

From desperation come desperate measures.

But ultimately, it's the gangs, despite some of the desperate measures some will go to in order to get hold of a firearm, who have chosen to limit gun homicides.

Because the Allied Powers used the power of food in their embargo, Germany was forced to resort to desperate measures and eventually failed despite them.

Desperate times, desperate measures.

"Desperate times require desperate measures".

Desperate times breed desperate measures.

But desperate times call for desperate measures.

Desperate times, it seems, demand desperate measures.