Sentence examples for facing desperation from inspiring English sources

"I think the Scotland fans are facing desperation," Husband told BBC Scotland.

There she was in the summer heat, newly pregnant, wearing a body-hugging latex dress, facing desperation for her attention at every turn.

He told The Independent: "The death of Masud is a tragic demonstration of what happens when the British and French governments ignore the thousands of refugees facing interminable desperation in Calais and Dunkirk.

The question isn't whether there's any gaming going on; in any market as large as the ACA's, with as many facets, there are surely some people who face the desperation of big medical bills, have figured out how to take advantage and found the opportunity to do so.

An idea of the desperation facing the Palestinians is given by a 2010 survey conducted by the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, which says: "Palestinian people have used various strategies to cope with poverty and food insecurity under prolonged Israeli occupation.

Teenagers joining extremist groups are a growing sign of the desperation facing young Syrian refugees.

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

Banks dealt mostly in boundaries, convincing ones against the faster bowlers but there was an air of desperation when facing Giles.

The closest things we have to fascist states today — monarchies like North Korea and Saudi Arabia — are fragile, riven by internal contradictions and internecine warfare, facing the future with desperation and fear.

"How could one ever forget their faces, their names, their tears, the desperation faced by these men, women and children?" he asked in his speech.

Faced with this desperation, raising questions about the clinics or their methods, can trigger extreme reactions, even if compassionately meant.